[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 782 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 339
104th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 782
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 25, 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
March 5, 1996
Reported by Mr. Hatch, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
_______________________________________________________________________
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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee
Representation Improvement Act of 1995''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION BY FEDERAL OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Extension of Exemption to Prohibition.--Subsection (d)
of section 205 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) any person who is the subject of
disciplinary, loyalty, or other personnel administration
proceedings in connection with those proceedings; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply with respect to a
covered matter that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) is a claim under subsection (a)(1) or
(b)(1);</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) is a judicial or administrative proceeding
where the organization or group is a party; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Application to Labor-Management Relations.--Section
205 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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.''.</DELETED>
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.''.
Passed the House of Representatives October 24, 1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 339
104th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 782
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
March 5, 1996
Reported with an amendment