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§417 Prohibition of intimidation or reprisal

Title 3 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - EXTENSION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES › 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 › § 417

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Makes it illegal for an employing office to threaten, punish, or treat unfairly any covered employee. This includes employees who speak up against practices banned by this chapter or who start, file, help with, or testify in complaints, investigations, hearings, or other proceedings under this chapter. If an employing office breaks this rule, the employee can get any legal relief that would fix the unlawful practice or other violation they complained about.

Full Legal Text

Title 3, §417

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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)A violation of subsection (a) may be remedied by any legal remedy available to redress the practice opposed by the covered employee or other violation of law as to which the covered employee initiated proceedings, made a charge, or engaged in other conduct protected under subsection (a).

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Citation

3 U.S.C. § 417

Title 3 — The President

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73