Legalize§ 2231b. First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
§ 2231b. First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no employee of the United States Department of Agriculture shall be peremptorily removed, on or after February 15, 1994, from the position of the employee without an opportunity for a public or nonpublic hearing, at the option of the employee, because of remarks made during personal time in opposition to policies, or proposed policies, of the Department, including policies or proposed policies regarding homosexuals. Any employee removed on or after February 15, 1994, without the opportunity for such a hearing shall be reinstated to the position of the employee pending such a hearing.
(Pub. L. 103–354, title III, § 302, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3239.)
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