[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR4.2]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 4_PROHIBITED PRACTICES (RULE IV)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4.2  Prohibition against racial, political or religious 
discrimination.

    No person employed in the executive branch of the Federal Government 
who has authority to take or recommend any personnel action with respect 
to any person who is an employee in the competitive service or any 
eligible or applicant for a position in the competitive service shall 
make any inquiry concerning the race, political affiliation, or 
religious beliefs of any such employee, eligible, or applicant. All 
disclosures concerning such matters shall be ignored, except as to such 
membership in political parties or organizations as constitutes by law a 
disqualification for Government employment. No discrimination shall be 
exercised, threatened, or promised by any person in the executive branch 
of the Federal Government against or in favor of any employee in the 
competitive service, or any eligible or applicant for a position in the 
competitive service because of his race, political affiliation, or 
religious beliefs, except as may be authorized or required by law.

[28 FR 10024, Sept. 14, 1963]