---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 7211"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "7211"
heading: "Employees’ right to petition Congress"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/7211"
units:
  - "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. Employees’ right to petition Congress


The right of [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2), individually or collectively, to petition Congress or a [Member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) of Congress, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to a committee or [Member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) thereof, may not be interfered with or denied.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, § 703(a)(3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1217.)

## Notes

### 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.