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5 U.S.C. § 7211 — Employees’ right to petition Congress
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The right of employees, individually or collectively, to petition Congress or a Member of Congress, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to a committee or Member thereof, may not be interfered with or denied.
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Each employee shall have the right to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from any such activity, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, and each employee shall be protected in the exercise of such right. Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, such right includes the right—
(1) to act for a labor organization in the capacity of a representative and the right, in that capacity, to present the views of the labor organization to heads of agencies and other officials of the executive branch of the Government, the Congress, or other appropriate authorities, and
(2) to engage in collective bargaining with respect to conditions of employment through representatives chosen by employees under this chapter.
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The Office of Personnel Management is an independent establishment in the executive branch. The Office shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed, and shall have its principal office in the District of Columbia, and may have field offices in other appropriate locations.
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**(a) Training.—** Not less frequently than once every two years, the Secretary, in coordination with the Whistleblower Protection Ombudsman designated under section 3(d)(1)(C) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),11 See References in Text note below. shall provide to each employee of the Department training regarding whistleblower disclosures, including—
(1) an explanation of each method established by law in which an employee may file a whistleblower disclosure;
(2) the right of the employee to petition Congress regarding a whistleblower disclosure in accordance with [section 7211 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7211&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) an explanation that the employee may not be prosecuted or reprised against for disclosing information to Congress, the Inspector General, or another investigatory agency in instances where such disclosure is permitted by law, including under sections 5701, 5705, and 7732 of this title, under [section 552a of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552a&num=0&edition=prelim) (commonly referred to as the Privacy Act), under chapter 93 of title 18, and pursuant to regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–191);
(4) an explanation of the language that is required to be included in all nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements pursuant to section 115(a)(1) of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 ([5 U.S.C. 2302](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2302&num=0&edition=prelim) note); and
(5) the right of contractors to be protected from reprisal for the disclosure of certain i
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, each appointment, promotion, assignment, transfer, or designation, interim or otherwise, of an officer or employee in the Postal Service (except a Governor or member of the Postal Regulatory Commission) shall be made without regard to any recommendation or statement, oral or written, with respect to any person who requests or is under consideration for such appointment, promotion, assignment, transfer, or designation, made by—
(1) any Member of the Senate or House of Representatives (including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico);
(2) any elected official of the government of any State (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) or of any county, city, or other political subdivision of such State or Commonwealth;
(3) any official of a national political party or of a political party of any State (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico), county, city, or other subdivision of such State or Commonwealth; or
(4) any other individual or organization.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a person or organization referred to in clause (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a) of this section is prohibited from making or transmitting to the Postal Service, or to any other officer or employee of the Government of the United States, any recommendation or statement, oral or written, with respect to any person who requests or is under consideration for any such appointment, promotion, assignment, transfer, or designation. The Postal Service and any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, subject to subsection (e) of this section—
(1) shall not solicit, request, consider, or accept any such recommendation or statement; and
(2) shall return any such written recomm
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**(a) Otherwise lawful disclosures** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed—
(1) to limit or prohibit otherwise lawful disclosures of communications, records, or other information, including reporting of known or suspected criminal activity, by a non-Federal entity to any other non-Federal entity or the Federal Government under this subchapter; or
(2) to limit or prohibit otherwise lawful use of such disclosures by any Federal entity, even when such otherwise lawful disclosures duplicate or replicate disclosures made under this subchapter.
**(b) Whistle blower protections** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit or limit the disclosure of information protected under [section 2302(b)(8) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2302/b/8&num=0&edition=prelim) (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse, or public health or safety threats), [section 7211 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7211&num=0&edition=prelim) (governing disclosures to Congress), [section 1034 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1034&num=0&edition=prelim) (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the military), [section 3234 of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3234&num=0&edition=prelim) (governing disclosure by employees of elements of the intelligence community), or any similar provision of Federal or State law.
**(c) Protection of sources and methods** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed—
(1) as creating any immunity against, or otherwise affecting, any action brought by the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, to enforc
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 7211
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 523, § 7153;
renumbered § 7203 and amended Pub. L. 95–454,
title I, § 101(b)(2), title VII, § 703(a)(1), title IX,
§ 906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1118, 1216, 1224.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Derivation
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5 U.S.C. 633(2)9.
June 10, 1948, ch. 434, 62
Stat. 351.
The authority of the President to prescribe rules is
added on authority of former section 633(1), which is
carried into section 3302. The section is rewritten as a
general prohibition instead of specifying the personnel
actions included in former section 633(2)9. The words
‘‘in an Executive agency or in the competitive service’’
are added for clarity.
Standard changes are made to conform with the defi-
nitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined
in the preface to the report.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1978—Pub. L. 95–454, § 703(a)(1), renumbered section
7153 of this title as this section.
Pub. L. 95–454, §§ 101(b)(2), 906(a)(2), substituted
‘‘Handicapping condition’’ for ‘‘Physical handicap’’ in
section catchline, ‘‘handicapping condition’’ for ‘‘phys-
ical handicap’’ wherever appearing in text, and ‘‘Office
of Personnel Management’’ for ‘‘Civil Service Commis-
sion’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by sections 101(b)(2) and 906(a)(2) of Pub.
L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section
907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101
of this title.
§ 7204. Other prohibitions
[(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(44), Sept. 11,
1967, 81 Stat. 208.]
(b) In the administration of chapter 51, sub-
chapters III and IV of
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