[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 1999]
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[CITE: 5CFR2471.1]

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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 2471--PROCEDURES OF THE PANEL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2471.1  Request for Panel consideration; request for Panel approval of binding arbitration.

    If voluntary arrangements, including the services of the Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service or any other third-party mediation, 
fail to resolve a negotiation impasse:
    (a) Either party, or the parties jointly, may request the Panel to 
consider the matter by filing a request as hereinafter provided; or the 
Panel may, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7119(c)(1), undertake consideration of 
the matter upon request of (i) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service, or (ii) the Executive Director; or
    (b) The parties may jointly request the Panel to approve any 
procedure, which they have agreed to adopt, for binding arbitration of 
the negotiation impasse by filing a request as hereinafter provided.