---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1639.3"
title: "45"
number: "1639.3"
heading: "Prohibition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1639.3"
---

# §1639.3. Prohibition.


Except as provided in §§ [1639.4](/cfr/45/1639.4.md) and [1639.5](/cfr/45/1639.5.md), recipients may not initiate legal representation, or participate in any other way in litigation, lobbying or rulemaking, involving an effort to reform a Federal or State welfare system. Prohibited activities include participation in:

- (a) Litigation challenging laws or regulations enacted as part of an effort to reform a Federal or State welfare system.
- (b) Rulemaking involving proposals that are being considered to implement an effort to reform a Federal or State welfare system.
- (c) Lobbying before legislative or administrative bodies undertaken directly or through grassroots efforts involving pending or proposed legislation that is part of an effort to reform a Federal or State welfare system.

## 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 30766, June 5, 1997, unless otherwise noted.