§431 Application of chapter 71 of title 5, relating to Federal service labor-management relations; procedures for remedy of violations

Summary

Make the labor-relations rules in chapter 71 of Title 5 apply to employing offices, covered employees, and the employees’ representatives. Covered employees do not have a right to reinstatement under sections 7118(a)(7)(C) or 7123 of Title 5. The word “agency” in those rules means an employing office. The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) must write rules to put this in place. Those rules will mostly match the FLRA’s usual rules, but the FLRA may change them if it shows good reason or to avoid a conflict of interest or the appearance of one. The FLRA must also write rules that say how chapter 71 applies to employees in certain White House and related offices (the White House Office; the Executive Residence at the White House; the Office of the Vice President; the Office of Policy Development; the Council of Economic Advisers; the National Security Council; the Office of Management and Budget; and the Office of National Drug Control Policy). The FLRA should follow chapter 71 as much as possible but may exclude employees in those offices if needed for conflicts of interest or the President’s or Vice President’s constitutional duties. Subsections (a) and (b) take effect on the earlier of the FLRA’s rules under subsection (c) becoming effective or October 1, 1998. For the listed offices, they take effect on the earlier of the FLRA’s rules under subsection (d) becoming effective or October 1, 1998.