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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

Service Commission. The Commission, on written request of the head of the agency or the individual so removed, may determine whether the individual is eligible for employment in an agency other than the agency from which removed. SUBCHAPTER III—POLITICAL ACTIVITIES § 7321. Political contributions and services The President may prescribe rules which shall provide, as nearly as conditions of good administration warrant, that an employee in an Executive agency or in the competitive service is not obliged, by reason of that employment, to contribute to a political fund or to render political service, and that he may not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusal to do so. § 7322. Political use of authority or influence; prohibition The President may prescribe rules which shall provide, as nearly as conditions of good administration warrant, that an employee in an Executive agency or in the competitive service may not use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of a person or body. § 7323. Political contributions; prohibition An employee in an Executive agency (except one appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) may not request or receive from, or give to, an employee, a Member of Congress, or an officer of a uniformed service a thing of value for political purposes. An employee who violates this section shall be removed from the service. §7324. Influencing elections; taking part in political campaigns; prohibitions; exceptions (a) An employee in an Executive agency or an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia may not— (1) use his official authority or influence for the pu^rpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election; or (2) take an active part in political management or in political campaigns. For the purpose of this subsection, the phrase "an active part in political management or in political campaigns" means those acts of political management or political campaigning which were prohibited on the part of employees in the competitive service before July 19, 1940, by determinations of the Civil Service Commission under the rules prescribed by the President. (b) An employee or individual to whom subsection (a) of this section applies retains the right to vote as he chooses and to express his opinion on political subjects and candidates. (c) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to an individual employed by an educational or research institution, establishment, agency, or system which is supported in whole or in part by the District of Columbia or by a recognized religious, philanthropic, or cultural organization. (d) Subsection (a)(2) of this section does not apply to— (1) an employee paid from the appropriation for the office of the President; (2) the head or the assistant head of an Executive department or military department; (3) an employee appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who determines policies to be 65-300 0-67—36

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