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5 U.S.C. § 7325 — Political activity permitted; employees residing in certain municipalities
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The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations permitting employees, without regard to the prohibitions in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 7323(a) and paragraph (2) of [section 7323(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7323/b&num=0&edition=prelim), to take an active part in political management and political campaigns involving the municipality or other political subdivision in which they reside, to the extent the Office considers it to be in their domestic interest, when—
(1) the municipality or political subdivision is—
(A) the District of Columbia;
(B) in Maryland or Virginia and in the immediate vicinity of the District of Columbia; or
(C) a municipality in which the majority of voters are employed by the Government of the United States; and
(2) the Office determines that because of special or unusual circumstances which exist in the municipality or political subdivision it is in the domestic interest of the employees and individuals to permit that political participation.
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The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations permitting employees, without regard to the prohibitions in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 7323(a) and paragraph (2) of [section 7323(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7323/b&num=0&edition=prelim), to take an active part in political management and political campaigns involving the municipality or other political subdivision in which they reside, to the extent the Office considers it to be in their domestic interest, when—
(1) the municipality or political subdivision is—
(A) the District of Columbia;
(B) in Maryland or Virginia and in the immediate vicinity of the District of Columbia; or
(C) a municipality in which the majority of voters are employed by the Government of the United States; and
(2) the Office determines that because of special or unusual circumstances which exist in the municipality or political subdivision it is in the domestic interest of the employees and individuals to permit that political participation.
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For the purpose of this chapter—
(1) “State” means a State or territory or possession of the United States;
(2) “State or local agency” means the executive branch of a State, municipality, or other political subdivision of a State, or an agency or department thereof, or the executive branch of the District of Columbia, or an agency or department thereof;
(3) “Federal agency” means an Executive agency or other agency of the United States, but does not include a member bank of the Federal Reserve System; and
(4) “State or local officer or employee” means an individual employed by a State or local agency whose principal employment is in connection with an activity which is financed in whole or in part by loans or grants made by the United States or a Federal agency, but does not include—
(A) an individual who exercises no functions in connection with that activity; or
(B) an individual employed by an educational or research institution, establishment, agency, or system which is supported in whole or in part by—
(i) a State or political subdivision thereof;
(ii) the District of Columbia; or
(iii) a recognized religious, philanthropic, or cultural organization.
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It is the policy of the Congress that employees should be encouraged to exercise fully, freely, and without fear of penalty or reprisal, and to the extent not expressly prohibited by law, their right to participate or to refrain from participating in the political processes of the Nation.
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 7325
costs associated with that political activity are
not paid for by money derived from the Treas-
ury 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 Presi-
dent, 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 rela-
tions with foreign powers or in the nation-
wide administration of Federal laws.
(Added Pub. L. 103–94, § 2(a), Oct. 6, 1993, 107 Stat.
1003.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 7324, Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80
Stat. 525; Pub. L. 93–268, § 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 gen-
eral revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 103–94.
§ 7325. Political activity permitted; employees re-
siding in certain municipalities
The Office of Personnel Management may pre-
scribe regulations permitting employees, with-
out regard to the prohibitions in paragraphs (2)
and (3) of section 7323(a) and paragraph (2) of
section 7323(b) of this title, to take an active
part in political management and political cam-
paigns involving the municipality or other polit-
ical subdivision in which they reside, to the ex-
tent the Office considers it to be in their domes-
tic interest, when—
(1) the municipality or political subdivision
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