---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 7324"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "7324"
heading: "Political activities on duty; prohibition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/7324"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart F — Labor-Management and Employee Relations"
  - "Chapter 73 — Suitability, Security, and Conduct"
  - "Subchapter III — Political Activities"
---

# §7324. Political activities on duty; prohibition

- (a) An [employee](/usc/5/7322.md?p=1) may not engage in political activity—
  - (1) while the [employee](/usc/5/7322.md?p=1) is on duty;
  - (2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by an individual employed or holding [office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) in the [Government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) or any [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) or instrumentality thereof;
  - (3) while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying the [office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) or [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) of the [employee](/usc/5/7322.md?p=1); or
  - (4) using any vehicle owned or leased by the [Government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) or any [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) or instrumentality thereof.
- (b)
  - (1) An [employee](/usc/5/7322.md?p=1) described in paragraph (2) of this subsection may engage in political activity otherwise prohibited by [subsection (a)](#a) if the costs associated with that political activity are not paid for by money derived from the Treasury of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18).
  - (2) [Paragraph (1)](#b-1) applies to an [employee](/usc/5/7322.md?p=1)—
    - (A) the duties and responsibilities of whose [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) continue outside normal duty hours and while away from the normal duty post; and
    - (B) who is—
      - (i) an [employee](/usc/5/7322.md?p=1) paid from an appropriation for the Executive [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of the President; or
      - (ii) an [employee](/usc/5/7322.md?p=1) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) is located within the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18), who determines policies to be pursued by the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) in relations with foreign powers or in the nationwide [administration](/usc/5/9801.md?p=1) of Federal laws.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–94, § 2(a), Oct. 6, 1993, 107 Stat. 1003.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7324, Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 525; Pub. L. 93–268, § 4(a), Apr. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 87, prohibited Executive agency employees and employees of the District of Columbia from influencing elections or taking part in political campaigns, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 103–94.