---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1637.1"
title: "45"
number: "1637.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1637.1"
---

# §1637.1. Purpose.


This part is intended to ensure that recipients do not participate in any civil litigation on behalf of persons incarcerated in Federal, State or local prisons.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e); Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009; Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 19422, Apr. 21, 1997, unless otherwise noted.