[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR53.7]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 53_COAST GUARD WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 53.7  Requirements.



    (a) No person within the Department of Homeland Security may 

restrict a member of the Coast Guard from lawfully communicating with a 

Member of Congress or an Inspector General.

    (b) Members of the Coast Guard shall be free from reprisal for 

making or preparing to make lawful communications to Members of Congress 

or an Inspector General.

    (c) Any employee or member of the Coast Guard who has the authority 

to take, direct others to take, or recommend or approve any personnel 

action shall not, under such authority, take, withhold, threaten to 

take, or threaten to withhold a personnel action regarding any member of 

the Coast Guard in reprisal for making or preparing to make a lawful 

communication to a Member of Congress or an Inspector General.



[56 FR 13405, Apr. 2, 1991, as amended by USCG-2003-14505, 68 FR 9535, 

Feb. 28, 2003]