[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR2426.1]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
 CHAPTER XIV--FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 
  FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL
 
PART 2426--NATIONAL CONSULTATION RIGHTS AND CONSULTATION RIGHTS ON GOVERNMENT-WIDE RULES OR REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A--National Consultation Rights
 
Sec. 2426.1  Requesting; granting; criteria.


    (a) An agency shall accord national consultation rights to a labor 
organization that:
    (1) Requests national consultation rights at the agency level; and
    (2) Holds exclusive recognition for either:
    (i) Ten percent (10%) or more of the total number of civilian 
personnel employed by the agency and the non-appropriated fund Federal 
instrumentalities under its jurisdiction, excluding foreign nationals; 
or
    (ii) 3,500 or more employees of the agency.
    (b) An agency's primary national subdivision which has authority to 
formulate conditions of employment shall accord national consultation 
rights to a labor organization that:
    (1) Requests national consultation rights at the primary national 
subdivision level; and
    (2) Holds exclusive recognition for either:
    (i) Ten percent (10%) or more of the total number of civilian 
personnel employed by the primary national subdivision and the non-
appropriated fund Federal instrumentalities under its jurisdiction, 
excluding foreign nationals; or
    (ii) 3,500 or more employees of the primary national subdivision.
    (c) In determining whether a labor organization meets the 
requirements as prescribed in paragraphs (a)(2) and (b)(2) of this 
section, the following will not be counted:
    (1) At the agency level, employees represented by the labor 
organization under national exclusive recognition granted at the agency 
level.
    (2) At the primary national subdivision level, employees represented 
by the labor organization under national exclusive recognition granted 
at the agency level or at that primary national subdivision level.
    (d) An agency or a primary national subdivision of an agency shall 
not grant national consultation rights to any labor organization that 
does not meet the criteria prescribed in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of 
this section.