Hatch Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Hatch_Act_of_1939
gptkbp:amendedBy 1940
gptkbp:appliesTo federal executive branch employees
District of Columbia government employees
gptkbp:codifiedIn 5 U.S.C. §§ 7321–7326
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1939
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:U.S._Office_of_Special_Counsel
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:fullName An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hatch Act
gptkbp:namedAfter Carl Hatch
gptkbp:penalty fine
reprimand
suspension
demotion
debarment from federal employment
removal from federal service
gptkbp:prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity
gptkbp:purpose restrict political activities of federal employees
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pendleton_Civil_Service_Reform_Act
gptkb:Hatch_Act_of_1887
gptkb:Civil_Service_Reform_Act
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:subject gptkb:civil_servant
political neutrality
government ethics
federal employment law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Section_6135
gptkb:United_States_federal_government_personnel_system
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7