§ 2231b. First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture

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.

1. 1994

   Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–354 title III § 302 · 108 Stat. 3178

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2231b

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

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 103–354, title III, § 302, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3239.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 302. FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE UNWED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 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 nearing,

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