---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 500.8"
title: "7"
number: "500.8"
heading: "Soliciting, vending, debt collection, and distribution of handbills."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/500.8"
---

# §500.8. Soliciting, vending, debt collection, and distribution of handbills.

- (a) **The following activities are prohibited on USNA grounds—**
  - (1) Soliciting of alms or contributions;
  - (2) Display or distribution of commercial advertising;
  - (3) Collecting private debts;
  - (4) Campaigning for election to any office;
  - (5) Soliciting and vending for commercial purposes (including, but not limited to, the vending of newspapers and other publications);
  - (6) Soliciting signatures on petitions, polls, or surveys (except as authorized by the USNA); and
  - (7) **Impeding ingress to or egress from the USNA.**
- (b) Distribution to USNA general public visitors of material such as pamphlets, handbills, and flyers is prohibited without prior approval of the Director, USNA.
- (c) **The prohibitions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to—**
  - (1) Commercial or nonprofit activities performed under contract or concession with the USNA or pursuant to the provisions of the Randolph Sheppard Act;
  - (2) The solicitation of USNA personnel for contributions for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC);
  - (3) National or local drives for funds for welfare, health, and other purposes sponsored or approved by the Agricultural Research Service; or
  - (4) **Personal notices posted by employees on authorized bulletin boards.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 196(a); sub secs. 2, 4, 5; 40 U.S.C. 121(d); 40 U.S.C. 1315(c).

### Source

Source: 70 FR 55708, Sept. 23, 2005, unless otherwise noted.