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§1317 Prohibition of intimidation or reprisal

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 24— - CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS › Part Part A— - Employment Discrimination, Family and Medical Leave, Fair Labor Standards, Employee Polygraph Protection, Worker Adjustment and Retraining, Employment and Reemployment of Veterans, and Intimidation › § 1317

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Employing offices must not intimidate, punish, or discriminate against a covered employee for opposing unlawful practices or for filing, helping with, or testifying in hearings or other proceedings under this chapter; the employee may get legal or fair remedies.

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Title 2, §1317

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(a)It shall be unlawful for an employing office to intimidate, take reprisal against, or otherwise discriminate against, any covered employee because the covered employee has opposed any practice made unlawful by this chapter, or because the covered employee has initiated proceedings, made a charge, or testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in a hearing or other proceeding under this chapter.

(b)The remedy available for a violation of subsection (a) shall be such legal or equitable remedy as may be appropriate to redress a violation of subsection (a).

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 104–1, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 3, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1301 of this title and Tables.

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2 U.S.C. § 1317

Title 2 — The Congress

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Apr 6, 2026

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