[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 782 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.782

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


 
To amend title 18 of the United States Code to allow members of employee 
     associations to represent their views before the United States 
                               Government.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee Representation 
Improvement Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION BY FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Extension of Exemption to Prohibition.--Subsection (d) of 
section 205 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(d)(1) Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) prevents an officer or 
employee, if not inconsistent with the faithful performance of that 
officer's or employee's duties, from acting without compensation as 
agent or attorney for, or otherwise representing--
        ``(A) any person who is the subject of disciplinary, loyalty, 
    or other personnel administration proceedings in connection with 
    those proceedings; or
        ``(B) except as provided in paragraph (2), any cooperative, 
    voluntary, professional, recreational, or similar organization or 
    group not established or operated for profit, if a majority of the 
    organization's or groups's members are current officers or 
    employees of the United States or of the District of Columbia, or 
    their spouses or dependent children.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply with respect to a covered 
matter that--
        ``(A) is a claim under subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1);
        ``(B) is a judicial or administrative proceeding where the 
    organization or group is a party; or
        ``(C) involves a grant, contract, or other agreement (including 
    a request for any such grant, contract, or agreement) providing for 
    the disbursement of Federal funds to the organization or group.''.
    (b) Application to Labor-Management Relations.--Section 205 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(i) Nothing in this section prevents an employee from acting 
pursuant to--
        ``(1) chapter 71 of title 5;
        ``(2) section 1004 or chapter 12 of title 39;
        ``(3) section 3 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 
    (16 U.S.C. 831b);
        ``(4) chapter 10 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
    (22 U.S.C. 4104 et seq.); or
        ``(5) any provision of any other Federal or District of 
    Columbia law that authorizes labor-management relations between an 
    agency or instrumentality of the United States or the District of 
    Columbia and any labor organization that represents its 
    employees.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.