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[CITE: 5USC7326]

 
             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. 7326. Penalties

    An employee or individual who violates section 7323 or 7324 of this 
title shall be removed from his position, and funds appropriated for the 
position from which removed thereafter may not be used to pay the 
employee or individual. However, if the Merit System Protection Board 
finds by unanimous vote that the violation does not warrant removal, a 
penalty of not less than 30 days' suspension without pay shall be 
imposed by direction of the Board.

(Added Pub. L. 103-94, Sec. 2(a), Oct. 6, 1993, 107 Stat. 1004.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7326, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 526, 
authorized nonpartisan political activities, prior to the general 
revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 103-94.
    A prior section 7327, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 526; 
Pub. L. 96-54, Sec. 2(a)(14), (15), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 382; Pub. L. 
97-468, title VI, Sec. 615(b)(1)(E), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2578, 
related to permitted political activity in certain municipalities where 
employees reside, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by 
Pub. L. 103-94.
    A prior section 7328, added Pub. L. 96-191, Sec. 8(e)(1), Feb. 15, 
1980, 94 Stat. 33, exempted employees of the General Accounting Office 
from provisions of this subchapter, prior to the general revision of 
this subchapter by Pub. L. 103-94.
