---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 251.102"
title: "5"
number: "251.102"
heading: "Coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/251.102"
---

# §251.102. Coverage.


To be covered by this part, an association or organization:

- (a) Must be a lawful, nonprofit organization whose constitution and bylaws indicate that it subscribes to minimum standards of fiscal responsibility and employs democratic principles in the nomination and election of officers;
- (b) Must not discriminate in terms of membership or treatment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicapping condition;
- (c) Must not assist or participate in a strike, work stoppage, or slowdown against the Government of the United States or any agency thereof or impose a duty or obligation to conduct, assist, or participate in such strike, work stoppage, or slowdown; and
- (d) **Must not advocate the overthrow of the constitutional form of Government of the United States.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104; 5 U.S.C. Chap 7; 5 U.S.C. 7135; 5 U.S.C. 7301; and E.O. 11491.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 32915, June 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted.