Title 2 — The Congress
Part A · Chapter 24 — Congressional Accountability
§ 1317. Prohibition of intimidation or reprisal
Statutory text
In general
It shall be unlawful for an employing office to intimidate, take reprisal against, or otherwise discriminate against, any covered employee because the covered employee has opposed any practice made unlawful by this chapter, or because the covered employee has initiated proceedings, made a charge, or testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in a hearing or other proceeding under this chapter.
Remedy
The remedy available for a violation of subsection (a) shall be such legal or equitable remedy as may be appropriate to redress a violation of subsection (a).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 104–1 title II § 208 · 109 Stat. 3
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1317
Pub. L. 104–1, title II, § 208, formerly § 207, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 13
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 104–1, title II, § 208, formerly § 207, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 13Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 207. PROHIBITION OF INTIMIDATION OR REPRISAL. (a) In General.— It shall be unlawful for an employing office to intimidate, take reprisal against, or otherwise discriminate against, any covered employee because the covered employee has opposed any practice made unlawful by this Act, or because the covered employee has initiated proceedings, made a charge, or testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in a hearing or other proceeding under this Act. (b) Remedy.— The remedy available for a violation of subsection (a) shall be such legal or equitable remedy as may be appropriate to redress a violation of subsection (a).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 104–1, , 109 Stat. 3, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1301 of this title and Tables.
Credits
1995–2019 · 2 acts
- 1995Pub. L. 104–1, title II, § 208, formerly § 207, , 109 Stat. 13
- 2019renumbered § 208, Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XI, § 1122(d)(1)(B), , 133 Stat. 1608.
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(Pub. L. 104–1, title II, § 208, formerly § 207, , 109 Stat. 13; renumbered § 208, Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XI, § 1122(d)(1)(B), , 133 Stat. 1608.)