2019 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture
Sec. 2231b - First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 2231b (2019)
Section Name §2231b. First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
Section Text

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.

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

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 55 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Sec. 2231b - First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
Contains section 2231b
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 108 Stat. 3239
Public Law References Public Law 103-354
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