Chapter 73, Subchapter III, Section 7323, Subsection (b) · 5 U.S.C. Chapter 73 — SUITABILITY, SECURITY, AND CONDUCT

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(b)

(1)An employee of the Federal Election Commission (except one appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), may not request or receive from, or give to, an employee, a Member of Congress, or an officer of a uniformed service a political contribution.

(2)Delete regulation 13 (concurrent employments).

(A)No employee described under subparagraph (B) (except one appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), may take an active part in political management or political campaigns.

(B)The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall apply to—

(i)an employee of—

(I)the Federal Election Commission or the Election Assistance Commission;

(II)the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

(III)the Secret Service;

(IV)the Central Intelligence Agency;

(V)the National Security Council;

(VI)the National Security Agency;

(VII)the Defense Intelligence Agency;

(VIII)the Merit Systems Protection Board;

(IX)the Office of Special Counsel;

(X)the Office of Criminal Investigation of the Internal Revenue Service;

(XI)the Office of Investigative Programs of the United States Customs Service;

(XII)the Office of Law Enforcement of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms;

(XIII)the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; or

(XIV)the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; or

(ii)a person employed in a position described under section 3132(a)(4), 5372, 5372a, or 5372b of title 5, United States Code.

(3)No employee of the Criminal Division or National Security Division of the Department of Justice (except one appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), may take an active part in political management or political campaigns.

(4)For purposes of this subsection, the term “active part in political management or in a political campaign” means those acts of political management or political campaigning which were prohibited for employees of the competitive service before July 19, 1940, by determinations of the Civil Service Commission under the rules prescribed by the President.

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active part in political management or in a political campaign
means those acts of political management or political campaigning which were prohibited for employees of the competitive service before July 19, 1940, by determinations of the Civil Service Commission under the rules prescribed by the President.
agency
means an Executive agency.
conviction notice date
means the date on which an agency that employs a law enforcement officer has notice that the officer has been convicted of a felony that is entered by a Federal or State court, regardless of whether that conviction is appealed or is subject to appeal;
decoration
means an order, device, medal, badge, insignia, emblem, or award tendered by, or received from, a foreign government;
employee
means any individual, other than the President and the Vice President, employed or holding office in— but does not include a member of the uniformed services or an individual employed or holding office in the government of the District of Columbia;
employing agency
means—
felony
means any offense for which imprisonment is authorized for a term exceeding one year.
foreign government
means—
gift
means a tangible or intangible present (other than a decoration) tendered by, or received from, a foreign government;
intelligence community
has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).1
law enforcement officer
has the meaning given that term under section 8331(20) or 8401(17).
minimal value
means a retail value in the United States at the time of acceptance of $100 or less, except that—
officer or employee
means an individual holding an appointive or elective position in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of Government, other than a Member of Congress.
partisan political office
means any office for which any candidate is nominated or elected as representing a party any of whose candidates for Presidential elector received votes in the last preceding election at which Presidential electors were selected, but shall exclude any office or position within a political party or affiliated organization;
supervising ethics office
means—