18 U.S.C. § 1913 : US Code - Section 1913: Lobbying with appropriated moneys

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1913 : US Code - Section 1913: Lobbying with appropriated moneys

No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress
shall, in the absence of express authorization by Congress, be used
directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service,
advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written
matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any
manner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an official of any
government, to favor, adopt, or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any
legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation, whether
before or after the introduction of any bill, measure, or
resolution proposing such legislation, law, ratification, policy,
or appropriation; but this shall not prevent officers or employees
of the United States or of its departments or agencies from
communicating to any such Member or official, at his request, or to
Congress or such official, through the proper official channels,
requests for any legislation, law, ratification, policy, or
appropriations which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct
of the public business, or from making any communication whose
prohibition by this section might, in the opinion of the Attorney
General, violate the Constitution or interfere with the conduct of
foreign policy, counter-intelligence, intelligence, or national
security activities. Violations of this section shall constitute
violations of section 1352(a) of title 31.