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Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110

§1362 Notices

Title 2 › CHAPTER 24 — CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY › SUBCHAPTER II — EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS › Part E — General › § 1362

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Every employing office must put up and keep displayed, where employee notices are usually posted, a notice the Office gives. The notice must explain the rights, protections, and steps covered employees have under this chapter for the kinds of violations below, and it must include the Office’s contact information. The covered violations are discrimination banned by section 1311(a) of this title (including, under section 1302(c), the Title II protections of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq.)) or by section 1316(a), and any violation of section 1317 that is connected to that discrimination.

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Title 2, §1362

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(a)In general
Every employing office shall post and keep posted (in conspicuous places upon its premises where notices to covered employees are customarily posted) a notice provided by the Office that—
(1)describes the rights, protections, and procedures applicable to covered employees of the employing office under this chapter, concerning violations described in subsection (b); and
(2)includes contact information for the Office.
(b)Violations
A violation described in this subsection is—
(1)discrimination prohibited by section 1311(a) of this title (including, in accordance with section 1302(c) of this title, discrimination prohibited by title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq.)) or 1316(a) of this title; and
(2)a violation of section 1317 of this title that is related to discrimination described in paragraph (1).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), 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. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 110–233, May 21, 2008, 122 Stat. 881. Title II of the Act is classified generally to chapter 21F (§ 2000ff et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2000ff of Title 42 and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective upon expiration of the 180-day period beginning on Dec. 21, 2018, with provisions for effect on pending proceedings, see section 401 of Pub. L. 115–397, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2018 Amendment note under section 1301 of this title.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 1362

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110