§14403. Restriction on use of Federal funds under certain grant programs under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act

Subject to section 14402(b) of this title (relating to construction and treatment of certain services), no funds appropriated by Congress to carry out part B, D, or E of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act [42 U.S.C. 6021 et seq., 6061 et seq., 6081 et seq.] may be used to support or fund any program or service which has a purpose of assisting in procuring any item, benefit, or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, the death of any individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing.

( Pub. L. 105–12, §4, Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 25 .)

References in Text

The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, referred to in text, is title I of Pub. L. 88–164, as added by Pub. L. 98–527, §2, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2662 , and amended. Parts B, D, and E of the Act are classified generally to subchapters II (§6021 et seq.), IV (§6061 et seq.), and V (§6081 et seq.), respectively, of chapter 75 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6000 of this title and Tables.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 6022, 6062, 6082, 14405 of this title.