5 CFR 734.305
§ 734.305 Soliciting or discouraging the political participation of certain persons.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 734.305, § 734.305 Soliciting or discouraging the political participation of certain persons, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/7545
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(a) An employee may not knowingly solicit or discourage the participation in any political activity of any person who has an application for any compensation grant, contract, ruling, license, permit, or certificate pending before the employee's employing office.
(b) An employee may not knowingly solicit or discourage the participation in any political activity of any person who is the subject of, or a participant in, an ongoing audit, investigation, or enforcement action being carried out by the employee's employing office.
(c) Each agency or instrumentality of the United States shall determine when a matter is pending and ongoing within employing offices of the agency or instrumentality for the purposes of this part.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.