2018 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - Employees
Subpart F - Labor-Management and Employee Relations
Chapter 73 - Suitability, Security, and Conduct
Subchapter III - Political Activities
Sec. 7325 - Political activity permitted; employees residing in certain municipalities
| 5 U.S.C. § 7325 (2018) |
| §7325. Political activity permitted; employees residing in certain municipalities |
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The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations permitting employees, without regard to the prohibitions in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 7323(a) and paragraph (2) of section 7323(b) of this title, to take an active part in political management and political campaigns involving the municipality or other political subdivision in which they reside, to the extent the Office considers it to be in their domestic interest, when— (1) the municipality or political subdivision is— (A) the District of Columbia; (B) in Maryland or Virginia and in the immediate vicinity of the District of Columbia; or (C) a municipality in which the majority of voters are employed by the Government of the United States; and (2) the Office determines that because of special or unusual circumstances which exist in the municipality or political subdivision it is in the domestic interest of the employees and individuals to permit that political participation. |
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(Added Pub. L. 103–94, §2(a), Oct. 6, 1993, 107 Stat. 1004; amended Pub. L. 104–93, title III, §308, Jan. 6, 1996, 109 Stat. 966; Pub. L. 112–230, §3(f), Dec. 28, 2012, 126 Stat. 1617.) |
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PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 7325, Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 526; Pub. L. 96–54, §2(a)(44), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 384, related to penalties, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 103–94. AMENDMENTS2012—Par. (1). Pub. L. 112–230 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "the municipality or political subdivision is in Maryland or Virginia and in the immediate vicinity of the District of Columbia, or is a municipality in which the majority of voters are employed by the Government of the United States; and". 1996—Pub. L. 104–93 inserted "and paragraph (2) of section 7323(b)" after "section 7323(a)". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2012 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 112–230 effective 30 days after Dec. 28, 2012, see section 5(a) of Pub. L. 112–230, set out as a note under section 1501 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES |
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| Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES PART III - EMPLOYEES Subpart F - Labor-Management and Employee Relations CHAPTER 73 - SUITABILITY, SECURITY, AND CONDUCT SUBCHAPTER III - POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Sec. 7325 - Political activity permitted; employees residing in certain municipalities |
| section 7325 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 80 Stat. 526 107 Stat. 1004 109 Stat. 966 126 Stat. 1617 |
| Public Law 89-554, Public Law 96-54, Public Law 103-94, Public Law 104-93, Public Law 112-230 |
