5 USC § 7211 - Employees’ right to petition Congress

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title: "5 USC § 7211 - Employees’ right to petition Congress"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "7211"
section_name: "Employees’ right to petition Congress"
chapter_number: 72
chapter_name: "ANTIDISCRIMINATION; RIGHT TO PETITION CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "EMPLOYEES’ RIGHT TO PETITION CONGRESS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, § 703(a)(3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1217.)"
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# § 7211. Employees’ right to petition Congress

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.

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**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  prior to the general amendment of chapter 71 of this title by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under .