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[CITE: 5USC7115]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
           Subpart F--Labor-Management and Employee Relations
 
                 CHAPTER 71--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF AGENCIES AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
 
Sec. 7115. Allotments to representatives

    (a) If an agency has received from an employee in an appropriate 
unit a written assignment which authorizes the agency to deduct from the 
pay of the employee amounts for the payment of regular and periodic dues 
of the exclusive representative of the unit, the agency shall honor the 
assignment and make an appropriate allotment pursuant to the assignment. 
Any such allotment shall be made at no cost to the exclusive 
representative or the employee. Except as provided under subsection (b) 
of this section, any such assignment may not be revoked for a period of 
1 year.
    (b) An allotment under subsection (a) of this section for the 
deduction of dues with respect to any employee shall terminate when--
        (1) the agreement between the agency and the exclusive 
    representative involved ceases to be applicable to the employee; or
        (2) the employee is suspended or expelled from membership in the 
    exclusive representative.

    (c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a petition 
has been filed with the Authority by a labor organization alleging that 
10 percent of the employees in an appropriate unit in an agency have 
membership in the labor organization, the Authority shall investigate 
the petition to determine its validity. Upon certification by the 
Authority of the validity of the petition, the agency shall have a duty 
to negotiate with the labor organization solely concerning the deduction 
of dues of the labor organization from the pay of the members of the 
labor organization who are employees in the unit and who make a 
voluntary allotment for such purpose.
    (2)(A) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not 
apply in the case of any appropriate unit for which there is an 
exclusive representative.
    (B) Any agreement under paragraph (1) of this subsection between a 
labor organization and an agency with respect to an appropriate unit 
shall be null and void upon the certification of an exclusive 
representative of the unit.

(Added Pub. L. 95-454, title VII, Sec. 701, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1203.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 2 section 1351.
