                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                CHAPTER 24--CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS
 
Part A--Employment Discrimination, Family and Medical Leave, Fair Labor 
    Standards, Employee Polygraph Protection, Worker Adjustment and 
  Retraining, Employment and Reemployment of Veterans, and Intimidation
 
Sec. 1317. 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 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.

(b) Remedy

    The remedy available for a violation of subsection (a) of this 
section shall be such legal or equitable remedy as may be appropriate to 
redress a violation of subsection (a) of this section.

(Pub. L. 104-1, title II, Sec. 207, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 13.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 104-1, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 3, as amended, 
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.
