7 USC § 2231b - First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture

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title: "7 USC § 2231b - First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2231b"
section_name: "First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–354, title III, § 302, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3239.)"
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# § 2231b. First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture

February 15, 1994February 15, 1994

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no employee of the United States Department of Agriculture shall be peremptorily removed, on or after , 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 , without the opportunity for such a hearing shall be reinstated to the position of the employee pending such a hearing.

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