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[CITE: 42USC14403]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 138--ASSISTED SUICIDE FUNDING RESTRICTION
 
Sec. 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, Sec. 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, Sec. 2, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2662, and amended. Parts B, D, 
and E of the Act are classified generally to subchapters II (Sec. 6021 
et seq.), IV (Sec. 6061 et seq.), and V (Sec. 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.
