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[CITE: 5USC7104]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
           Subpart F--Labor-Management and Employee Relations
 
                 CHAPTER 71--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 7104. Federal Labor Relations Authority

    (a) The Federal Labor Relations Authority is composed of three 
members, not more than 2 of whom may be adherents of the same political 
party. No member shall engage in any other business or employment or 
hold another office or position in the Government of the United States 
except as otherwise provided by law.
    (b) Members of the Authority shall be appointed by the President by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and may be removed by the 
President only upon notice and hearing and only for inefficiency, 
neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The President shall designate 
one member to serve as Chairman of the Authority. The Chairman is the 
chief executive and administrative officer of the Authority.
    (c) A member of the Authority shall be appointed for a term of 5 
years. An individual chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the 
unexpired term of the member replaced. The term of any member shall not 
expire before the earlier of--
        (1) the date on which the member's successor takes office, or
        (2) the last day of the Congress beginning after the date on 
    which the member's term of office would (but for this paragraph) 
    expire.

    (d) A vacancy in the Authority shall not impair the right of the 
remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the Authority.
    (e) The Authority shall make an annual report to the President for 
transmittal to the Congress which shall include information as to the 
cases it has heard and the decisions it has rendered.
    (f)(1) The General Counsel of the Authority shall be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a 
term of 5 years. The General Counsel may be removed at any time by the 
President. The General Counsel shall hold no other office or position in 
the Government of the United States except as provided by law.
    (2) The General Counsel may--
        (A) investigate alleged unfair labor practices under this 
    chapter,
        (B) file and prosecute complaints under this chapter, and
        (C) exercise such other powers of the Authority as the Authority 
    may prescribe.

    (3) The General Counsel shall have direct authority over, and 
responsibility for, all employees in the office of General Counsel, 
including employees of the General Counsel in the regional offices of 
the Authority.

(Added Pub. L. 95-454, title VII, Sec. 701, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1196; amended Pub. L. 98-224, Sec. 3, Mar. 2, 1984, 98 Stat. 47.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-224, Sec. 3(a), inserted provision 
directing that Chairman be chief executive and administrative officer.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-224, Sec. 3(b), substituted provision that a 
member of Authority be appointed for a term of 5 years and an individual 
chosen to fill a vacancy be appointed for unexpired term of member 
replaced for provision that one original member of Authority be 
appointed for a term of 1 year, one for a term of 3 years, and Chairman 
for a term of 5 years, and thereafter each member be appointed for a 
term of 5 years.


                  Termination of Reporting Requirements

    For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsection 
(e) of this section relating to transmittal to Congress of an annual 
report on cases heard and decisions rendered, see section 3003 of Pub. 
L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, 
Money and Finance, and page 171 of House Document No. 103-7.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7103 of this title; title 2 
section 1351; title 22 section 4102.
