7 U.S.C. § 2231b
First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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- 7 U.S.C. § 2231b, First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/430232
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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.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reauthorization Act of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally