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§452 Counseling and mediation

Title 3 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - EXTENSION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES › § 452

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President or someone the President picks must create rules that set up counseling and mediation like the ones in sections 402 and 403 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. Those rules cover claims that a law made applicable under part A of subchapter II was broken. A covered employee who has not gone through those required counseling and mediation cannot make the election allowed under section 453 and cannot seek any other relief under this subchapter.

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Title 3, §452

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(a)The President, or the designee of the President, shall by regulation establish procedures substantially similar to those under section 402 and 403 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 for the counseling and mediation of alleged violations of a law made applicable under part A of subchapter II.
(b)A covered employee who has not exhausted counseling and mediation under subsection (a) shall be ineligible to make any election under section 453 or otherwise pursue any further form of relief under this subchapter.

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section 402 and 403 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified to section 1402 and 1403, respectively, of Title 2, The Congress.

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Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1997, except that subsec. (a) of this section effective Oct. 26, 1996, see section 471 of this title.

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3 U.S.C. § 452

Title 3The President

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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