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[CITE: 5USC7324]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
           Subpart F--Labor-Management and Employee Relations
 
             CHAPTER 73--SUITABILITY, SECURITY, AND CONDUCT
 
                  SUBCHAPTER III--POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 7324. Political activities on duty; prohibition

    (a) An employee may not engage in political activity--
        (1) while the employee is on duty;
        (2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge of 
    official duties by an individual employed or holding office in the 
    Government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality 
    thereof;
        (3) while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying the 
    office or position of the employee; or
        (4) using any vehicle owned or leased by the Government of the 
    United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof.

    (b)(1) An employee described in paragraph (2) of this subsection may 
engage in political activity otherwise prohibited by subsection (a) if 
the costs associated with that political activity are not paid for by 
money derived from the Treasury of the United States.
    (2) Paragraph (1) applies to an employee--
        (A) the duties and responsibilities of whose position continue 
    outside normal duty hours and while away from the normal duty post; 
    and
        (B) who is--
            (i) an employee paid from an appropriation for the Executive 
        Office of the President; or
            (ii) an employee appointed by the President, by and with the 
        advice and consent of the Senate, whose position is located 
        within the United States, who determines policies to be pursued 
        by the United States in relations with foreign powers or in the 
        nationwide administration of Federal laws.

(Added Pub. L. 103-94, Sec. 2(a), Oct. 6, 1993, 107 Stat. 1003.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7324, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 525; 
Pub. L. 93-268, Sec. 4(a), Apr. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 87, prohibited 
Executive agency employees and employees of the District of Columbia 
from influencing elections or taking part in political campaigns, prior 
to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 103-94.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7326 of this title; title 18 
sections 602, 603; title 42 section 2000e-4; title 50 App. section 463.
