15 USC § 2651 - Public protection

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s2651"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 2651 - Public protection"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "2651"
section_name: "Public protection"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ASBESTOS HAZARD EMERGENCY RESPONSE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–469, title II, § 211, as added Pub. L. 99–519, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2987.)"
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# § 2651. Public protection

**(a)** **Public protection** No State or local educational agency may discriminate against a person in any way, including firing a person who is an employee, because the person provided information relating to a potential violation of this subchapter to any other person, including a State or the Federal Government.

**(b)** **Labor Department review** section 660(c) of title 29

Any public or private employee or representative of employees who believes he or she has been fired or otherwise discriminated against in violation of subsection (a) may within 90 days after the alleged violation occurs apply to the Secretary of Labor for a review of the firing or alleged discrimination. The review shall be conducted in accordance with .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–469, title II, § 211, as added Pub. L. 99–519, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2987.)