2019 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - Employees
Subpart F - Labor-Management and Employee Relations
Chapter 72 - Antidiscrimination; Right to Petition Congress
Subchapter II - Employees' Right to Petition Congress
Sec. 7211 - Employees' right to petition Congress

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Citation 5 U.S.C. § 7211 (2019)
Section Name §7211. Employees' right to petition Congress
Section Text

The right of employees, individually or collectively, to petition Congress or a Member of Congress, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to a committee or Member thereof, may not be interfered with or denied.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, §703(a)(3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1217.)

Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions of this section were contained in section 7102 of this title prior to the general amendment of chapter 71 of this title by Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, §701, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1191.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART III - EMPLOYEES
Subpart F - Labor-Management and Employee Relations
CHAPTER 72 - ANTIDISCRIMINATION; RIGHT TO PETITION CONGRESS
SUBCHAPTER II - EMPLOYEES' RIGHT TO PETITION CONGRESS
Sec. 7211 - Employees' right to petition Congress
Contains section 7211
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 92 Stat. 1217, 1191
Public Law References Public Law 95-454
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