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[CITE: 5USC9501]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                        Subpart I--Miscellaneous
 
  CHAPTER 95--PERSONNEL FLEXIBILITIES RELATING TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE 
                                 SERVICE
 
Sec. 9501. Internal Revenue Service personnel flexibilities

    (a) Any flexibilities provided by sections 9502 through 9510 of this 
chapter shall be exercised in a manner consistent with--
        (1) chapter 23 (relating to merit system principles and 
    prohibited personnel practices);
        (2) provisions relating to preference eligibles;
        (3) except as otherwise specifically provided, section 5307 
    (relating to the aggregate limitation on pay);
        (4) except as otherwise specifically provided, chapter 71 
    (relating to labor-management relations); and
        (5) subject to subsections (b) and (c) of section 1104, as 
    though such authorities were delegated to the Secretary of the 
    Treasury under section 1104(a)(2).

    (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the Office of 
Personnel Management with any information that Office requires in 
carrying out its responsibilities under this section.
    (c) Employees within a unit to which a labor organization is 
accorded exclusive recognition under chapter 71 shall not be subject to 
any flexibility provided by sections 9507 through 9510 of this chapter 
unless the exclusive representative and the Internal Revenue Service 
have entered into a written agreement which specifically provides for 
the exercise of that flexibility. Such written agreement may be imposed 
by the Federal Services Impasses Panel under section 7119.

(Added Pub. L. 105-206, title I, Sec. 1201(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 
712.)
