Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102
§7211 Employees’ Right to Petition Congress
Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart F — Labor-Management and Employee Relations › CHAPTER 72 — ANTIDISCRIMINATION; RIGHT TO PETITION CONGRESS › SUBCHAPTER II — EMPLOYEES’ RIGHT TO PETITION CONGRESS › § 7211
Summary
Employees, alone or together, may contact Congress or its committees and cannot be stopped.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §7211
Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The right of employees, individually or collectively, to petition Congress or a Member of Congress, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to a committee or Member thereof, may not be interfered with or denied.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions of this section were contained in section 7102 of this title prior to the general amendment of chapter 71 of this title by Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, § 701, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1191.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1978 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title.
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Citation
5 U.S.C. § 7211
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102