[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-22975]



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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

5 CFR Part 2424


Negotiability Proceedings; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Labor Relations Authority.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Labor Relations Authority is correcting its 
regulations regarding negotiability proceedings.

DATES: Effective October 18, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Tso at [email protected] or at 
(771) 444-5779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 2023-19269, appearing in the 
Federal Register of Tuesday, September 12, 2023, on page 62445, 
instruction 10 revised paragraphs (a) through (c) of Sec.  2424.25, but 
regulatory text was set out for paragraphs (a) through (d). The 
revision of paragraph (d) wasn't incorporated into the CFR because it 
wasn't included in the instruction. This correcting amendment revises 
paragraph (d) of Sec.  2424.25.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 2424

    Administrative practice and procedure, Government employees, Labor 
management relations.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority corrects 5 CFR part 2424 by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 2424--NEGOTIABILITY PROCEEDINGS

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1. The authority citation for part 2424 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7134.


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2. Amend Sec.  2424.25 by revising paragraph (d) to read as follows:


Sec.  2424.25  Response of the exclusive representative; purpose; time 
limits; content; severance; service.

* * * * *
    (d) Severance. The exclusive representative may, of its own accord, 
accomplish the severance of a previously submitted proposal or 
provision. To accomplish severance, the exclusive representative must 
identify the proposal or provision that the exclusive representative is 
severing and set forth the exact wording of the newly severed 
portion(s). Further, as part of the exclusive representative's 
explanation and argument about why the newly severed portion(s) are 
within the duty to bargain or not contrary to law, the exclusive 
representative must explain how the severed portion(s) stand alone with 
independent meaning, and how the severed portion(s) would operate. The 
explanation and argument in support of the severed portion(s) must meet 
the same requirements for specific information set forth in paragraph 
(c) of this section, and must satisfy the exclusive representative's 
burdens under Sec.  2424.32.
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    Dated: October 13, 2023.
Rebecca J. Osborne,
Director of Legislative Affairs and Program Planning.
[FR Doc. 2023-22975 Filed 10-17-23; 8:45 am]
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