2015 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture (Sections 1 - 9097)
Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture (Sections 2201 - 2279h)
Sec. 2231b - First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 55 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Sec. 2231b - First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
Containssection 2231b
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 103-354, title III, §302, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3239.
Statutes at Large Reference108 Stat. 3239
Public and Private LawPublic Law 103-354

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7 U.S.C. § 2231b (2015)
§2231b. First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no employee of the United States Department of Agriculture shall be peremptorily removed, on or after February 15, 1994, from the position of the employee without an opportunity for a public or nonpublic hearing, at the option of the employee, because of remarks made during personal time in opposition to policies, or proposed policies, of the Department, including policies or proposed policies regarding homosexuals. Any employee removed on or after February 15, 1994, without the opportunity for such a hearing shall be reinstated to the position of the employee pending such a hearing.

(Pub. L. 103–354, title III, §302, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3239.)

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