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[CITE: 5USC7321]

 
             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. 7321. Political participation

    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.

(Added Pub. L. 103-94, Sec. 2(a), Oct. 6, 1993, 107 Stat. 1001.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7321, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 525, 
related to political contributions and services of employees in 
Executive agencies or competitive service, prior to the general revision 
of this subchapter by Pub. L. 103-94.


                    Effective Date; Savings Provision

    Section 12 of Pub. L. 103-94 provided that:
    ``(a) The amendments made by this Act [enacting sections 5520a and 
7321 to 7326 of this title and section 610 of Title 18, Crimes and 
Criminal Procedure, amending sections 1216, 2302, 3302 and 3303 of this 
title, sections 602 and 603 of Title 18, section 410 of Title 39, Postal 
Service, and sections 1973d and 9904 of Title 42, The Public Health and 
Welfare, and omitting former sections 7321 to 7328 of this title] shall 
take effect 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 
6, 1993], except that the authority to prescribe regulations granted 
under section 7325 of title 5, United States Code (as added by section 2 
of this Act), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    ``(b) Any repeal or amendment made by this Act of any provision of 
law shall not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or 
liability incurred under that provision, and that provision shall be 
treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper 
proceeding or action for the enforcement of that penalty, forfeiture, or 
liability.
    ``(c) No provision of this Act shall affect any proceedings with 
respect to which the charges were filed on or before the effective date 
of the amendments made by this Act. Orders shall be issued in such 
proceedings and appeals shall be taken therefrom as if this Act had not 
been enacted.''

                         Delegation of Authority

    Memorandum of President of the United States, Oct. 27, 1994, 59 F.R. 
54515, provided:
    Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense
    Pursuant to authority vested in me as the Chief Executive Officer of 
the United States, and consistent with the provisions of the Hatch Act 
Reform Amendment regulations, 5 CFR 734.104, and section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, I delegate to you the authority to limit the 
political activities of political appointees of the Department of 
Defense, including Presidential appointees, Presidential appointees with 
Senate confirmation, noncareer SES appointees, and Schedule C 
appointees.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

    Memorandum of President of the United States, Oct. 24, 1994, 59 F.R. 
54121, provided:
    Memorandum for the Secretary of State
    Pursuant to authority vested in me as the Chief Executive Officer of 
the United States, and consistent with the provisions of the Hatch Act 
Reform Amendment regulations, 5 CFR 734.104, and section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, I delegate to you the authority to limit the 
political activities of political appointees of the Department of State, 
including Presidential appointees, Presidential appointees with Senate 
confirmation, noncareer SES appointees, and Schedule C appointees.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

    Memorandum of President of the United States, Sept. 30, 1994, 59 
F.R. 50809, provided:
    Memorandum for the Attorney General
    Pursuant to authority vested in me as the Chief Executive Officer of 
the United States, and consistent with the provisions of the Hatch Act 
Reform Amendment regulations, 5 CFR 734.104, and section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, I delegate to you the authority to limit the 
political activities of political appointees of the Department of 
Justice, including Presidential appointees, Presidential appointees with 
Senate confirmation, noncareer SES appointees, and Schedule C 
appointees.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                     William J. Clinton.