[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 782 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 123

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 782

                          [Report No. 104-230]

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                                 A BILL

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

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                             August 4, 1995

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
                                                 Union Calendar No. 123
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 782

                          [Report No. 104-230]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 1995

   Mr Wolf introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                             August 4, 1995

Additional sponsors: Mr. Davis, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
  Mr. Moran, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Bryant of Tennessee, Mr. 
Jacobs, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Jones, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
     Richardson, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Ney, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Fazio of 
  California, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. 
Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. McDermott, Ms. 
                   Norton, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. Riggs

                             August 4, 1995

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. REPRESENTATION OF VIEWS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 205 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i) and by inserting after 
subsection (g) the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) Nothing in this section shall prevent an officer or 
employee of the Government, if not inconsistent with the faithful 
performance of such officer's or employee's duties, from representing 
an employee association before, or the interest of the members of the 
association to, the Executive Branch or any agency of the Government. 
For purposes of this subsection, an employee association is an 
association or component of an association, a majority of whose members 
are officers or employees of the Government.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee Representation 
Improvement Act of 1995''.

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, a 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 chapter 71 of title 5 or section 1004 or chapter 12 of 
title 39.''.