42 U.S.C. § 14401
Findings and purpose
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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Congress finds the following:
It is the principal purpose of this chapter to continue current Federal policy by providing explicitly that Federal funds may not be used to pay for items and services (including assistance) the purpose of which is to cause (or assist in causing) the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997