Public Law 111-13 prohibits protesting, unions, boycotting and more

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Anybody who volunteers for Obamas serving America program or joining Americorps is not allowed to complain/influence legislation, not allowed to vote, not allowed to conduct religious worship, this may lead to loss of democratic liberties.

Under H.R.1388 under section 1310 it states:

example: SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS. I
am not sure why some of these activities should be prohibited:


Section 1101: Purposes


(9) recognize and increase the impact of social entrepreneurs and other
nonprofit community organizations in addressing national and local
challenges;


`(10) increase public and private investment in nonprofit community
organizations that are effectively addressing national and local challenges
and to encourage such organizations to replicate and expand successful
initiatives;





Section 1102: Definitions





`(12) COMMUNITY-BASED ENTITY- The term `community-based entity’ means a
public or private nonprofit entity thatâ€"





`(A) has experience with meeting unmet human, educational, environmental,
or public safety needs; and





`(B) meets other such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may
establish.





I always think Acorn when I read community or community-based organizations
(color me paranoid - especially when the CEO may establish his/her own
criteria.





quotes from PART Iâ€"PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS
…School-based service learning programs…(A) providing professional
development for teachers, supervisors, personnel from community-based
agencies (particularly with regard to the recruitment, utilization, and
management of participants), and trainers, to be conducted by qualified
individuals or organizations that have experience with service…(B)
developing service-learning curricula…`(E) establishing effective
outreach and dissemination of information to ensure the broadest possible
involvement of community-based agencies with demonstrated effectiveness in
working with school-age youth in their communities…





There are sections that seem odd to me, but which I haven’t fully
dissected - for example: SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE
ORGANIZATIONS. I am not sure why some of these activities should be
prohibited: There is no link here either; you must do your own search.

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SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.


Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read as follows:


`SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.


A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle
may not engage in the following activities:





(1) Attempting to influence legislation.


(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.

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(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing.


(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining
agreements.


(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed
to influence the outcome of an election to any public office.


(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to
include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms,
political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials.


(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services,
providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory
religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities
devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities
primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or
engaging in any form of religious proselytization.


( Providing a direct benefit toâ€"


(A) a business organized for profit;


(B) a labor organization;


(C) a partisan political organization;


(D) a nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions
contained in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 except
that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent participants
from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative;
and


(E) an organization engaged in the religious activities described in
paragraph (7), unless Corporation assistance is not used to support those
religious activities.


(9) Conducting a voter registration drive or using Corporation funds to
conduct a voter registration drive.


(10) Such other activities as the Corporation may prohibit.