[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR734.305]

[Page 50]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 734_POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Prohibited Activities
 
Sec. 734.305  Soliciting or discouraging the political participation of certain persons.

    (a) An employee may not 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 the employee's employing office.
    (b) An employee may not knowingly solicit or discourage the 
participation in any political activity of any person who is the subject 
of, or a participant in, an ongoing audit, investigation, or enforcement 
action being carried out by the employee's employing office.
    (c) Each agency or instrumentality of the United States or District 
of Columbia Government shall determine when a matter is pending and 
ongoing within employing offices of the agency or instrumentality for 
the purposes of this part.

    Example 1: An employee with agency-wide responsibility may address a 
large, diverse group to seek support for a partisan political candidate 
as long as the group has not been specifically targeted as having 
matters before the employing office.
    Example 2: An employee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
(FDIC) may not solicit or discourage the participation of an insured 
financial institution or its employees if the institution is undergoing 
examination by the FDIC.
    Example 3: An employee of the Food and Drug Administration may 
address a banquet for a partisan political candidate which is sponsored 
by the candidate's campaign committee, even though the audience includes 
three individuals who are employed by or are officials of a 
pharmaceutical company. However, she may not deliver the address if the 
banquet is sponsored by a lobbying group for pharmaceutical companies, 
of if she knows that the audience will be composed primarily of 
employees or officials of such companies.