Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993
PL 103-94 (H.R.20), enacted 10/06/1993

PUBLIC LAW 103-94—OCT. 6, 1993 
107 STAT. 1001 
Public Law 103-94 
103d Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to restore to Federal civilian employees 
their right to participate voluntarily, as private citizens, in the political processes 
of the Nation, to protect such employees from improper political solicitations, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this 
Act may be cited as the "Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993". 
SEC. 2. POLITICAL ACTIVrnES. 
(a) Subchapter III of chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, 
is am<3nded to read as follows: 
Oct. 6, 1993 
[H.R. 20] 
Hatch Act 
Reform 
Amendments of 
1993 
5 u s e 7301 note. 
"SUBCHAPTER III—POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 
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§ 7321. Political participation 
Tt is the policy of the Congress that employees should be 
encouraged to exercise fully, freely, and without fear of penalty 
or reprisal, and to the extent not expressly prohibited by law, 
their right to participate or to refrain from participating in the 
political processes of the Nation. 
''§ 7322. Definitions 
"For the purpose of this subchapter— 
"(1) 'employee' means any individual, other than the Presi-
dent and the Vice President, employed or holding ofiFice in— 
"(A) an Executive agency other than the General 
Accounting Office; 
"(B) a position within the competitive service which 
is not in an Executive agency; or 
"(C) the government of the District of Columbia, other 
than the Mayor or a member of the City Council or the 
Recorder of Deeds; 
but does not include a member of the uniformed services; 
"(2) '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; and 
"(3) 'political contribution'— 
(A) means any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or 
deposit of money or an3rthing of value, made for any politi-
cal purpose; 
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"(B) includes any contract, promise, or agreement, 
express or implied, whether or not legally enforceable, to 
make a contribution for any political purpose; 
"(C) includes any pavment by any person, other than 
a candidate or a political party or amliated organization, 
of compensation for the personal services of anotner person 
which are rendered to an3^ candidate or political party 
or affiliated organization without charge for any political 
purpose; and 
"(D) includes the provision of personal services for any 
political purpose. 
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§ 7323. Political activity authorized; prohibitions 
"(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), an employee 
may take an active part in political management or in political 
campaigns, except an employee may not— 
"(1) use his 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 contribu-
tion from any person, unless such person is— 
"(A) a member of the same Federal labor organization 
as defined under section 7103(4) of this title or a Federal 
employee organization which as of the date of enactment 
of the Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993 had a 
multicandidate political committee (as defined under sec-
tion 315(aX4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(aX4))); 
"(B) not a subordinate employee; and 
"(C) the solicitation is for a contribution to the 
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multicandidate political committee (as defined under sec-
tion 315(aX4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(aX4))) of such Federal labor organiza-
tion as defined under section 7103(4) of this title or a 
Federal employee organization which as of the date of 
the enactment of the Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 
1993 had a multicandidate political committee (as defined 
under section 315(aX4) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(aX4))); or 
"(3) nm for the nomination or as a candidate for election 
to a partisan political office; or 
(4) knowingly solicit or discourage the participation in 
any political activity of any person who— 
"(A) has an application for any compensation, grant, 
contract, ruling, license, permit, or certificate pending 
before the employing of!ice of such employee; or 
"(B) is the subject of or a participant in an ongoing 
audit, investigation, or enforcement action being carried 
out by the employing office of such employee. 
"(bXl) 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. 
"(2XA) No employee described imder subparagraph (B) (except 
one appointed by tne President, by and with tne advice and consent 
of the Senate), may take an active part in political management 
or political campaigns. 
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"(B) The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall apply to— 
"(i) an employee o
f
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"(I) the Federal Election 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; 
"(DC) the Office of Si>ecial Counsel; 
"(X) the Office of Criminal Investigation of the Internal 
Revenue Service; 
"(XI) the Office of Investigative Programs of the United 
States Customs Service; or 
"(XII) the Office of Law Enforcement of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; or 
"(ii) a person employed in a position described under section 
3132(aX4), 5372, or 5372a of title 5, United States Code. 
"(3) No employee of the Criminal 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 prohib-
ited for employees of the competitive service before July 19, 1940, 
by determinations of the Civil Service Commission under the rules 
prescribed by the President. 
"(c) An employee retains the right to vote as he chooses and 
to express his opinion on political subjects and candidates. 
**% 7324. Political activities on duty; prohibition 
"(a) An employee may not engage in political activity— 
"(1) while the employee is on duty; 
"(2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge 
of official duties by an individual employed or holding office 
in the Government of the United States or any agency or 
instrumentality thereof; 
"(3) while wearing a imiform or official insignia identifying 
the office or position of the employee; or 
"(4) using any vehicle ownea or leased by the Grovemment 
of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof. 
"(bXD An employee described in paragraph (2) of this subsection 
may engage in political activity otherwise prohibited by subsection 
(a) if the costs associated witn that political activity are not paid 
for by money derived from the Treasury of the United States. 
"(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an employee— 
"(A) the duties and responsibilities of whose position con-
tinue outside normal duty hours and while away from the 
normal duty post; and 
"(B) who is— 
"(i) an employee paid from an appropriation for the 
Executive Office of the President; or 
"(ii) an employee appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose position 
is located within the United States, who determines policies 
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to be pursued by the United States in relations with foreign 
powers or in the nationwide administration of Federal laws. 
''§7325. Political activity permitted; employees residing in 
certain municipalities 
The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regula-
tions permitting employees, without regard to the prohibitions in 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 7323(a) of this title, to take 
an active part in political management and political campai^s 
involving tne municipality or other political subdivision in which 
they reside, to the extent the Office considers it to be in their 
domestic interest, when— 
"(1) the municipality or political subdivision is in Maryland 
or Virginia and in the immediate vicinity of the District of 
Columbia, or is a municipality in which the m^'ority of voters 
are employed by the Government of the United States; and 
"(2) the Office determines that because of special or unusual 
circumstances which exist in the mimicipality or political sub-
division it is in the domestic interest of the employees and 
individuals to permit that political participation. 
''§7326. Penalties 
"An employee or individual who violates section 7323 or 7324 
of this title shall be removed from his position, and funds appro-
priated for the position frx)m which removed thereafter may not 
be used to pay uie employee or individual. However, if the Merit 
System Protection Board finds by imanimous vote that the violation 
does not warrant removal, a penalty of not less than 30 days* 
suspension without pay shall be imposed by direction of the Board.". 
(bXD Section 3302(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out "7203, 7321, and 7322" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"and 7203*. 
(2) The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 73 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"SUBCHAPTER in—POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 
"7321. Political participation. 
"7322. Definitions. 
"7323. Political activity authorized; prohibitions. 
"7324. Political activities on duty: prohibition. 
"7325. Political activity permitted; employees residing in certain municipcdities. 
"7326. Penalties.". 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 12 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES 
CODE. 
Section 1216(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(c) If the Special Counsel receives an allegation concerning 
any matter under paragraph (1), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a), 
the Special Counsel may investigate and seek corrective action 
under section 1214 and disciplinary action under section 1215 in 
the same way as if a prohibited personnel practice were involved.". 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(a) Section 602 of title 18, United States Code, relating to 
solicitation of political contributions, is amended— 
(1) by mserting "(a)" before "It"; 
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking out all that follows "Tretis-
ury of the United States" and inserting in lieu thereof a semi-
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colon and "to knowingly solicit any contribution within the 
meaning of section 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 from any other such officer, employee, or person. 
Any person who violates this section shall be fined under this 
title or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both."; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new sub-
section: 
"(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
activity of an employee (as defined in section 7322(1) of title 5) 
or £uiy individual emploved in or under the United States Postal 
Service or the Postal Kate Commission, unless that activity is 
prohibited by section 7323 or 7324 of such title.". 
(b) Section 603 of title 18, United States Code, relating to 
making political contributions, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
activity of an employee (as defined in section 7322(1) of title 5) 
or any individual employed in or imder the United States Postal 
Service or the Postal Kate Commission, unless that activity is 
prohibited by section 7323 or 7324 of such title.". 
(cXD Chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, relating to 
elections and political activities is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new section: 
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§ 610. Coercion of political activity 
"It shall be unlawful for any person to intimidate, threaten, 
command, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, command, 
or coerce, any employee of the Federal Government as defined 
in section 7322(1) of title 5, United Stetes Code, to engage in, 
or not to engage in, any political activity, including, but not limited 
to, voting or refusing to vote for any candidate or measure in 
any election, making or refusing to make any political contribution, 
or working or refusing to work on behalf o
f
^ any candidate. Any 
person who violates this section shall be fined not more than 
$5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.". 
(2) The table of sections for chapter 29 of title 18, United 
Stetes Code, is amended by adding at tne end thereof the following: 
"610. Coercion of political activity.". 
SEC. S. AMENDMENTS TO THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965. 
Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973d) 
is amended by striking out "the provisions of section 9 of the 
Act of August 2, 1939, as amended (5 U.S.C. 118i), prohibiting 
partisan political activity" and by inserting in lieu thereof "the 
provisions of subchapter III of chapter 73 of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to political activities". 
SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO APPUCATION OF CHAPTER 15 
OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 
Section 675(e) of the Community Services Block Grant Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9904(e)) is repealed. 
SEC. 7. APPUCABIUTY TO POSTAL EMPLOYEES. 
39 USC 410 note. 
The amendments made by this Act (except for the amendmente 
made by section 8), and any regulations thereunder, shall apply 
with respect to employees oi the United Stetes Postel Service and 
the Postel Rate Commission, pursuant to sections 410(b) and 
3604(e) of title 39, United Stetes Code. 
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SEC. 8. POLITICAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) Section 3303 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
^§ 3303. Political recommendations 
''(a) For the piirposes of this section— 
"(1) 'agency means— 
**(A) an Executive agency; and 
"(B) an agency in the legislative branch with positions 
in the competitive service; 
"(2) 'applicant' means an individual who has applied for 
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appointment to be an employee; 
"(3) 'employee' means an employee of an agency who is— 
"(A) in the competitive service; 
"(B) a career appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
or an employee under a similar appointment in a similar 
executive service; or 
"(C) in the excepted service other than— 
"(i) an employee who is appointed by the President; 
•„- or 
"(ii) an employee whose position has been deter-
mined to be of a confidential, policy-determining, pol-
icy-making, or policy-advocating character; and 
"(4) 'personnel action' means any action described under 
clauses (i) through (x) of section 2302(aX2XA). 
"(b) Except as provided imder subsection (f), each personnel 
action with respect to an employee or applicant shall be taken 
without regard to any recommendation or statement, oral or written, 
with respect to any employee or applicant who requests or is imder 
consideration for such personnel action, made by— 
"(1) any Member of Congress or congressional employee; 
"(2) any elected official of the government of any State 
(including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico), county, city, or other subdivision thereof; 
"(3) any official of a political party; or 
"(4) any other individual or organization making such rec-
ommendation or stetement on the basis of the party affiliation 
of the employee or applicant. 
"(c) Except as provided under subsection (f), a person or 
organization referred to under subsection (b) (1) through (4) is 
prohibited from making or transmitting to any of^cer or employee 
of an agency, any recommendation or stetement, oral or written, 
with respect to any employee or applicant who requeste or is under 
consideration for any personnel action in such agency. Except as 
provided imder subsection (f), the agency, or any officer or employee 
of the agency— 
"(1) shall not solicit, request, consider, or accept any such 
recommendation or stetement; and 
"(2) shall return any such written recommendation or stete-
ment, appropriately marked as in violation of this section, 
to the person or organization transmitting the same. 
"(d) Except as provided under subsection (f), an employee or 
applicant who requeste or is under consideration for a personnel 
action in an agency is prohibited from requesting or soliciting 
from a person or organization referred to under subsection (b) 
(1) through (4) a recommendation or stetement. 
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"(e) Under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Regulations. 
Management, the head of each agency shall ensure that employees 
and applicants are given notice of the provisions of this section, 
"(f) An agenpy, or any authorized officer or employee of an 
agency, may solicit, accept, and consider, and any other mdividual 
or organization may furnish or transmit to the agency or such 
authorized officer or employee, any statement with respect to an 
employee or applicant who requests or is under consideration for 
a personnel action, i
f
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"(1) the statement is fiimished pursuant to a request or 
requirement of the agency and consists solely of an evaluation 
of the work performance, ability, aptitude, and general quali-
fications of the employee or applicant; 
"(2) the statement relates solely to the character and resi-
dence of the employee or applicant; 
"(3) the statement is furnished pursuant to a request made 
by an authorized representative of the Government of the 
United States solely in order to determine whether the 
employee or applicant meets suitability or security standards; 
"(4) the statement is furnished by a former employer of 
the employee or applicant pursuant to a request of an agency, 
and consists solely of an evaluation of the work performance, 
ability, aptitude, and general qualifications of such employee 
or applicant during employment with such former employer; 
or 
"(5) the statement is furnished pursuant to a provision 
of law or regulation authorizing consideration of such statement 
with respect to a specific position or category of positions. 
"(g) An agency shall take any action it determines necessary 
and proper under subchapter I or II of chapter 75 to enforce the 
provisions of this section. 
"(h) The provisions of this section shall not affect the right 
of any employee to petition Congress as authorized by section 
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(b) The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by amending the item relating to section 3303 
to read as follows: 
"3303. Political recommendations.". 
(c) Section 2302(bX2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(2) solicit or consider any recommendation or statement, 
oral or written, with respect to any individual who requests 
or is under consideration for any personnel action except as 
provided under section 3303(f);''. 
SEC. 9. GARNISHMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES'PAY. 
(a) Subchapter II of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
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§ 5520a. Garnishment of pay 
"(a) For purposes of this section— 
"(1)'agenc/means each agency of the Federal Grovemment, 
including— 
"(A) an executive agency, except for the General 
Accounting Office; 
"(B) the United States Postal Service and the Postal 
Rate Commission; 
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"(C) any agency of the judicial branch of the Govern-
ment; and 
"(D) any agency of the legislative branch of the Govern-
ment, including the General Accounting Office, each office 
of a Member of Congress, a committee of the Congress, 
or other office of the Congress; 
"(2) 'employee' means an employee of an agency (including 
a Member of Congress as defined under section 2106); 
"(3) 'legal process' means any writ, order, summons, or 
other similar process in the nature of garnishment, that— 
"(A) is issued by a court of competent jurisdiction 
within any State, territory, or possession of the United 
States, or an authorized official pursuant to an order of 
such a court or pursuant to State or local law; and 
"(B) orders the employing agency of such employee 
to withhold an amoimt from the pay of such employee, 
and make a payment of such withholding to another person, 
for a specifically described satisfaction of a legal debt of 
the employee, or recovery of attorney's fees, interest, or 
court costs; and 
"(4) 'pay* means— 
"(A) basic pay, premium pay paid under subchapter 
V, any payment received under subchapter VI, VII, or 
VIII, severance and back pay paid under subchapter D
C
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sick pay, incentive pay, and any other compensation paid 
or payable for personal services, whether such compensa-
tion is denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus 
pay or otherwise; and 
"(B) does not include awards for making suggestions, 
"(b) Subject to the provisions of this section and the provisions 
of section 303 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 
1673) pay 
firom 
an agency to an employee is subject to legal process 
in the same manner and to the same extent as if the agency 
were a private person. 
"(cXD Service of legal process to which an agency is subject 
under this section may be accomplished by certified or registered 
mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, upon— 
"(A) the appropriate agent designated for receipt of such 
service of process pursuant to the regulations issued under 
this section; or 
"(B) the head of such agency, if no agent has been so 
designated. 
"(2) Such legal process shall be accompanied by sufficient 
information to permit prompt identification of the employee and 
the payments involved. 
"(d) Whenever any person, who is designated by law or regula-
tion to accept service of process to which an agency is subject 
under this section, is effectively served with any such process or 
with interrogatories, such person shall respond thereto within thirty 
days (or within such longer period as may be prescribed by 
applicable State law) after the date effective service thereof is 
made, and shall, as soon as possible but not later than fifteen 
days after the date effective service is made, send written notice 
that such process has been so served (together with a copy thereof) 
to the affected employee at his or her duty station or last-known 
home address. 
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"(e) No employee whose duties include responding to interrog-
atories pursuant to requirements imposed by this section shaU 
be subject to any disciplinary action or civil or criminal liability 
or penalty for, or on a
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t of, any disclosure of information 
made by such employee in connection with the carrying out of 
any of such employee s duties which pertain directly or indirectly 
to the answering of any such interrogatory. 
"(f) Agencies affected by legal process under this section shall 
not be required to vary their normal pay and disbursement cycles 
in order to comply with any such legal process. 
"(g) Neither the United States, an agency, nor any disbursing 
officer shall be liable with respect to any pa3rment made from 
pa3maents due or payable to an employee pursuant to legal process 
regular on its face, provided such payment is made in accordance 
with this section and the regulations issued to carry out this section. 
In determining the amount of any payment due from, or payable 
by, an agency to an employee, there snail be excluded those amounts 
which would be excluded imder section 462(g) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 662(g)). 
"(hXD Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), if an agency 
is serveid under this section with more than one legal process 
with respect to the same pavments due or payable to an employee, 
then such pajrments shall be available, subject to section 303 of 
the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1673), to satisfy 
such processes in priority based on the time of service, with any 
such process being satisfied out of such amounts as remain after 
satisfaction of all such processes which have been previously served. 
"(2) A legal process to which an agency is subject under sections 
459, 461, and 462 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 659, 661, 
and 662) for the enforcement of the employee's legal obligation 
to provide child support or make alimony payments, shall have 
priority over any legal process to which an agency is subject under 
this section. 
"(i) The provisions of this section shall not modify or supersede 
the provisions of sections 459, 461, and 462 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 659, 661, and 662) concerning legal process brought 
for the enforcement of an individual's legal obligations to provide 
child support or make alimony payments. 
"(jXl) Regulations implementing the provisions of this section Regulations. 
shall be promulgated— 
(A) by the President or his designee for each executive President. 
agency, except with regard to employees of the United States 
Postal Service, the President or, at his discretion, the Post-
master General shall promulgate such regulations; 
"(B) jointlv by the President pro tempore of the Senate 
and the Speaker of the House oi Representatives, or their 
designee, for the legislative branch of the Grovemment; and 
*(C) by the Chief Justice of the United States or his des-
ignee for the judicial branch of the Government. 
"(2) Such regulations shall provide that an agency's administra-
tive costs in executing a garnishment action may be added to 
the garnishment, and that the agency may retain costs recovered 
as offsetting collections. 
"(kXD No later than 180 days after the date of the enactment Regulations. 
of this Act, the Secretaries of the Executive departments concerned 
shall promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this 
section with regard to members of the imiformed services. 
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"(2) Such regulations shall include provisions for— 
"(A) the involuntary allotment of the pay of a member 
of the imiformed services for indebtedness owed a third party 
as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent 
jurisdiction, and as further determined by competent military 
or executive authority, as appropriate, to be in compliance 
with the procedural requirements of the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 App. U.S.C. 501 et seq.); and 
"(B) consideration for the absence of a member of the 
uniformed service from an appearance in a judicial proceeding 
resulting from the exigencies of military duty. 
"(3) The Secretaries of the Executive departments concerned 
shall promulgate regulations under this subsection that are, as 
far as practicable, uniform for all of the uniformed services. The 
Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation with regard to the promulgation of such regulations that 
might affect members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard 
is operatingas a service in the Naw.". 
(bXD The table of chapters tor chapter 55 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 5520 the following: 
"5520a. Garnishment of pay.". 
(2) Section 410(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating the second paragraph (9) (relating 
to the Inspector General Act of 1978) as paragraph (10); and 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new para-
graph: 
"(11) section 5520a of title 5.". 
SEC. 10. SENSE OF THE SENATE RELATING TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEE 
SOUCITATION OF FUNDS AND CANDIDACIES. 
It is the sense of the Senate that Federal employees should 
not be authorized t o ^ 
(1) solicit political contributions from the general public; 
or 
(2) nm for the nomination or as a candidate for a local 
partisan political office, except as expressly provided imder 
current law. 
SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE SENATE RELATING TO ASSISTANCE TO NICA-
RAGUA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following: 
(1) On May 23, 1993, an explosion in Managua, Nicaragua 
exposed a cache of weapons, including 19 surface-to-air missiles, 
hundreds of AK-47 assault rifles, machine guns, rocket pro-
pelled grenades, tons of ammunition and explosives. 
(2) Investigations of the explosions have uncovered 310 
gassports from 21 different countries, including seven United 
tates passports. 
(3) Documents in the possession of those apprehended in 
connection with the February 26, 1993, bombing of the World 
Trade Center have been traced to Nicaragua. 
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(4) The acquisition and storage of these weapons and docu-
ments could not have been accomplished without the knowledge 
and cooperation of the Sandinista National Liberation Front 
and ministries of the Government of Nicaragua under its 
control. 
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(5) The Sandinista National Liberation Front has a history 
of subversion and links to international terrorism. 
(6) The recent discovery demonstrates the inability of the 
le^^itimate Government of Nicaragua to control all of its 
ministries. 
(7) This lack of authority makes uncertain the ability of 
the Government of Nicaragua to prevent the export of terrorism 
by the Sandinista National Liberation Front. 
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate that— 
(1) no further United States foreign assistance to Nicaragua 
should be obligated pending investigation by an appropriate 
international body, with the participation of Lfnited States Fed-
eral agencies, of tiie Sandinista National Liberation Front; and 
(2) such investigation should focus on the relationship of 
the Sandinista National Liberation Front to acts of terrorism 
which threaten to undermine the security of the United States 
and the political stability and economic prosperity of the 
Western Hemisphere. 
SEC. 12. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
5 USC 1216 note. 
(a) The amendments made by this Act shall take efTect 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the 
authority to prescribe regulations granted under section 7325 of 
title 5, United States Code (as added by section 2 of this Act), 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) Any repeal or amendment made by this Act of any provision 
of law shall not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or 
liability incurred under that provision, and that provision shall 
be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining 
any proper proceeding or action for the enforcement of that 
penalty, forfeiture, or liability. 
(c) No provision of this Act shall affect any proceedings with 
respect to which the charges were filed on or before the effective 
date of the amendments made by this Act. Orders shall be issued 
in such proceedings and appeals shall be taken therefrom as if 
this Act had not been enacted. 
Approved October 6, 1993. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 20 (S. 185): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 103-16 (Comm. on Post Office and Civil Service). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 103-57 accompanying S. 185 (Comm. on Governmental 
Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): 
Feb. 23, 24, considered and rejected in House. 
Mar. 3, considered and passed House. 
July 13-15, 20, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 185. 
Sept. 21, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 29 (1993): 
Oct. 6, Presidential remarks and statement.