[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 116 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H9772-H9773]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        FEDERAL EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1996

  Mr. CANADY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take 
from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 782) to amend title 18 of the 
United States Code to allow members of employee associations to 
represent their views before the U.S. Government, with a Senate 
amendment thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Clerk read the Senate amendment, as follows:

       Senate amendment:
       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

     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 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.''.

  Mr. CANADY of Florida (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask 
unanimous consent that the Senate amendment be considered as read and 
printed in the Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ney). Is there objection to the original 
request of the gentleman from Florida?

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  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentlemen from Florida?
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Reserving the right to object, Mr. 
Speaker, I would just note that this is legislation correcting a matter 
involving employee rights that has been fully agreed to and has gone 
through the House previously without objection, and I withdraw my 
reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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