---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1314"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1314"
heading: "Rights and protections under Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1314"
units:
  - "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"
---

# §1314. Rights and protections under Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988

- (a) **Polygraph practices prohibited—**
  - (1) **In general—** No [employing office](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-9), irrespective of whether a [covered employee](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-3) works in that [employing office](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-9), may require a [covered employee](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-3) to take a lie detector test where such a test would be prohibited if required by an employer under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 3 of the [Employee](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-4) Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 ([29 U.S.C. 2002(1)](/usc/29/2002.md?p=1), (2), or (3)). In addition, the waiver provisions of [section 6(d)](/usc/2/6.md) of such Act ([29 U.S.C. 2005(d)](/usc/29/2005.md?p=d)) shall apply to [covered employees](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-3).
  - (2) **Definitions—** For purposes of this section, the term “[covered employee](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-3)” shall include [employees](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-4) of the Government Accountability [Office](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-12) and the term “[employing office](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-9)” shall include the Government Accountability [Office](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-12).
  - (3) **Capitol Police—** Nothing in this section shall preclude the Capitol Police from using lie detector tests in accordance with regulations under [subsection (c)](#c).
- (b) **Remedy—** The remedy for a violation of [subsection (a)](#a) shall be such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under section 6(c)(1) of the [Employee](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-4) Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 ([29 U.S.C. 2005(c)(1)](/usc/29/2005.md?p=c-1)).
- (c) **Regulations to implement section—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Board](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-1) shall, pursuant to [section 1384 of this title](/usc/2/1384.md), issue regulations to implement this section.
  - (2) **Agency regulations—** The regulations issued under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall be the same as substantive regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor to implement the statutory provisions referred to in subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) except insofar as the [Board](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-1) may determine, for good cause shown and stated together with the regulation, that a modification of such regulations would be more effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section.
- (d) **Effective date—**
  - (1) **In general—** Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#d-2), subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) shall be effective 1 year after January 23, 1995.
  - (2) **Government Accountability Office and Library of Congress—** This section shall be effective with respect to the Government Accountability [Office](/usc/2/1301.md?p=a-12) and the Library of Congress 1 year after transmission to the Congress of the study under [section 1371 of this title](/usc/2/1371.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–1, title II, § 204, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 115–141, div. I, title I, § 153(a)(2)(A), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 785.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–141 struck out “and the Library of Congress” after “the Government Accountability Office” in two places.

2004—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in two places.

Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in heading and text.