---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 80.55"
title: "50"
number: "80.55"
heading: "What activities are ineligible for funding?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/80.55"
---

# §80.55. What activities are ineligible for funding?


The following activities are ineligible for funding under the Acts, except when necessary to carry out project purposes approved by the Regional Director:

- (a) Law enforcement activities (see definition at [§ 80.2](/cfr/50/80.2.md)).
- (b) **The formal administrative process for establishing State fish and wildlife agency regulations.** This process:
  - (1) Begins when boards, commissions, or other policymakers receive information and recommendations from State fish and wildlife agencies and use this input to develop and implement public policy.
  - (2) Involves official filing and publication of regulations, including State administrative procedures to officially adopt rules and laws to meet authoritative requirements.
  - (3) Includes printing and distributing the official code of regulations, or State equivalent, except as provided for under §§ [80.50(b)(2)(ii)](/cfr/50/80.50.md?p=b-2-ii) and [80.51(d)(2)](/cfr/50/80.51.md?p=d-2) (which pertains to the agency's interpretive guides and regulatory resources for the public) for the purposes of R3.
- (c) **License sales and other activities conducted for the primary purpose of producing income.** These activities include processes and procedures directly related to the sale of items listed at [§ 80.20(a)](/cfr/50/80.20.md?p=a).
- (d) Activities, projects, or programs that promote or encourage opposition to the regulated taking of fish, hunting, or the trapping of wildlife.
- (e) Activities or projects that do not provide public access when access is a purpose of the funding or an objective of the award (see [§ 80.58](/cfr/50/80.58.md)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq., except for provisions specific to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration program, and 777-777m, except 777e-1 and g-1.

### Source

Source: 91 FR 1888, Jan. 15, 2026, unless otherwise noted.