Title 3, The PresidentRelease 119-110
§452 Counseling and Mediation
Title 3 › CHAPTER 5 — EXTENSION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES › SUBCHAPTER III — ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES › § 452
Summary
The President, or someone the President picks, must make rules like the counseling and mediation steps used in the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 for claims under part A of subchapter II. A covered employee who has not finished that counseling and mediation cannot make any election under section 453 or seek other relief under this subchapter.
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Title 3, §452
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(a)In General.—
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)Exhaustion Requirement.—
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 3, The President
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Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110