Overview. Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, of the United States Constitution grants Congress the enumerated power "To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries."
10 U.S.C. 2241a - Prohibition on use of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States
H.R. 5181 (IH) - Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016
United States Code Reference
5 U.S.C. 3109(b) and Chapter 53
https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/pennsylvania/61-Pa-Code-SS-32-1
(v) An organization is not a charitable organization if a substantial part of its activities consists of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation.
Examples are as follows:
(A) An organization's main activity is directed at influencing public opinion and enacting legislation against the use of animals in scientific experimentation. A substantial portion of the organization's activities involves the dissemination of propaganda which is favorable to its tenets and beliefs or lobbying for legislation which supports the organization's activities and causes. A substantial portion of this organization's activities are considered to be attempting to influence legislation.
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