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§1317 Prohibition of Intimidation or Reprisal

Title 2 › CHAPTER 24 — CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY › SUBCHAPTER II — EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS › 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 Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Employers must not threaten, punish, or mistreat covered employees for opposing practices this law bans or for filing charges or helping with hearings or investigations under it. If an employer does that, the employee can get any legal or fair remedy needed to fix the harm.

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Title 2, §1317

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(a)In general

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)Remedy

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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Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110