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Letter to Grantees: Restriction of Funding Dear Recipient of NCIPC funds: The Department of Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2003 (H.R. 246) contains modified language from the initial gun control restriction language in fiscal year 1997. The modified language is included below: “Provided further, That none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control . . .” Furthermore, Conference Report language accompanying H.R. 246 has also been modified from initial gun control restriction language and now states: “The conference agreement includes a modification to the proviso carried in prior appropriations acts prohibiting the use of funds available to the CDC to advocate or promote gun control, as proposed in H.R. 246. The Senate bill included a similar proviso. The conferees acknowledge that the purpose of this proviso is to prohibit Federal funds from being used to lobby for or against the passage of specific Federal, State or local legislation intended to advocate or promote gun control. The conferees understand that the CDC’s responsibility in this area is primarily data collection and the dissemination of information and expect research in this area to be objective and grants to be awarded through an impartial, scientific peer review process. The conferees instruct the CDC to provide a detailed report, within 90 days of enactment, on the steps the CDC has taken to ensure this restriction is being followed.” CDC has always complied with the existing Anti-Lobbying Act requirements, which prohibit lobbying Congress with appropriated federal moneys. Specifically, the Anti-Lobbying Act provides that, unless such activity is directly authorized by Congress, no part of the money appropriated by Congress shall be used directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, printed matter or other device intended to influence a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an official of any government to favor or oppose (by vote or otherwise) any legislation, law, ratification, policy or appropriation. This prohibition includes funding or assisting public grassroots campaigns intended or designed to influence Members of Congress with regard to such actions by Congress. In addition to the restrictions in the Anti-Lobbying Act, CDC interprets the appropriations and conference report language regarding gun control to mean that CDC’s funds may not be spent on political action or other activities designed to affect the passage of specific Federal, State, or local legislation intended to restrict or control the purchase or use of firearms. This new appropriations requirement still supports CDC’s work to:
Importantly, recipients of CDC funds are subject to the same limitations in using CDC injury prevention and control funds. Recipients are expected to establish appropriate fiscal control and other mechanisms to ensure that CDC funds are not used to promote specific legislation that restricts or controls the purchase or use of firearms through conferences, public events, publications, and “grassroots” activities. Recipients of CDC funds should not give the appearance that CDC funds are being used to carry out activities in a manner that is prohibited under these instructions. Most of you should be aware of these restrictions, but if you have any questions regarding a particular matter or event, please contact staff of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC.
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