Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993

Summary

Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993 - Declares that a Federal employee may take an active part in political management or in political campaigns, except that he or she may not: (1) use official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election; (2) knowingly solicit, accept, or receive a political contribution from any person, unless such person is a member of the same Federal labor organization or a Federal employee organization with a multicandidate political committee (PAC), such person is not a subordinate employee, and the solicitation is for a contribution to the organization's PAC; (3) run for nomination or election to a partisan political office; or (4) knowingly solicit or discourage the participation in any political activity of any person who has an application for any compensation, grant, contract, ruling, license, permit, or certificate pending before his or her employing office, or who is the subject of, or a participant in, an ongoing audit, investigation, or enforcement action carried out by such employing office. Sets forth special prohibitions for employees of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) who are not presidential appointees. Prohibits any employee (except certain political appointees in specified circumstances) from engaging in political activity: (1) while on duty; (2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by a Federal employee or official; (3) while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying his or her office or position; or (4) while using any vehicle owned or leased by the Government. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations permitting employees residing in the immediate vicinity of the District of Columbia in Maryland or Virginia, or in a municipality where the majority of voters are Federal employees, to participate in political management and political campaigns involving their area of residence, if OPM determines that such political participation is in their domestic interest. Requires any employee who has been determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board to have twice violated political activity prohibitions to be removed from his or her position. Prohibits such an employee from holding any position of Federal employment unless elected. Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person to coerce or attempt to coerce any Federal employee to engage or not engage in any political activity. Includes U.S. Postal Service, Postal Rate Commission, and District of Columbia employees within the coverage of this Act.

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• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 20 July 1993

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 16 June 1993

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 16 June 1993

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 16 June 1993

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 January 1993

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 January 1993

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 26 January 1993

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