---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3153"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3153"
heading: "Prohibition on use of funds for attorney’s and consultant’s fees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3153"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development"
  - "Subchapter II — Grants for Public Works and Economic Development"
---

# §3153. Prohibition on use of funds for attorney’s and consultant’s fees


Assistance made available under this subchapter shall not be used directly or indirectly for an attorney’s or consultant’s fee incurred in connection with obtaining [grants](/usc/42/3122.md?p=8) and contracts under this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–136, title II, § 213, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3607.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3153, Pub. L. 89–136, title III, § 304, as added Pub. L. 93–423, § 5(d), Sept. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1160; amended Pub. L. 94–487, title I, § 112, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2334; Pub. L. 96–506, § 1(6), Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2745; Pub. L. 97–35, title XVIII, § 1821(a)(5), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 766, authorized appropriations for supplemental and basic grants and loans, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–393, § 102(a).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 11, 1999, see section 105 of Pub. L. 105–393, set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.