§ 2231b. — First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2231b]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 55--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Sec. 2231b. First amendment rights of employees of the United
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
hearing.
(Pub. L. 103-354, title III, Sec. 302, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3239.)
