---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 4110"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "4110"
heading: "Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/4110"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Foreign Service"
  - "Subchapter X — Labor-Management Relations"
---

# §4110. Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel

- (a) **Establishment; composition—** There is established within the Federal Labor Relations [Authority](/usc/22/4102.md?p=1) the Foreign Service Impasse Disputes [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13), which shall assist in resolving negotiating impasses arising in the course of [collective bargaining](/usc/22/4102.md?p=3) under this subchapter. The Chairperson shall select the [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) from among individuals the Chairperson considers knowledgeable in labor-management relations or the conduct of foreign affairs. The [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) shall be composed of 5 members, as follows:
  - (1) 2 members of the Service (other than a [management official](/usc/22/4102.md?p=12), a [confidential employee](/usc/22/4102.md?p=6), or a [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11) official);
  - (2) one individual employed by the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) of Labor;
  - (3) one member of the Federal Service Impasses [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13); and
  - (4) one public member who does not hold any other office or position in the [Government](/usc/22/3902.md?p=7).

  The Chairperson of the [Board](/usc/22/4102.md?p=2) shall set the terms of office for [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) members and determine who shall chair the [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13).

- (b) **Compensation; travel expenses—** [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) members referred to in subsection [(a)(3)](#a-3) and (4) shall receive compensation for each day they are performing their duties (including traveltime) at the daily equivalent of the maximum rate payable for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under [section 5332 of title 5](/usc/5/5332.md), except that the member who is also a member of the Federal Service Impasses [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) shall not be entitled to pay under this subsection for any day for which he or she receives pay under [section 7119(b)(4)](/usc/5/7119.md)[^1] of title 5. Members of the [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) shall be entitled to travel expenses as provided under [section 5703 of title 5](/usc/5/5703.md).
- (c) **Impasse investigation and settlement; hearings and other actions upon failure to settle; notice; binding nature of action—**
  - (1) The [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) or its designee shall promptly investigate any impasse presented to it by a party. The [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) shall consider the impasse and shall either—
    - (A) recommend to the parties to the negotiation procedures for the resolution of the impasse; or
    - (B) assist the parties in resolving the impasse through whatever methods and procedures, including factfinding and recommendations, it may consider appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this section.
  - (2) If the parties do not arrive at a settlement after assistance by the [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) under [paragraph (1)](#c-1), the [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) may—
    - (A) hold hearings;
    - (B) administer oaths, take the testimony or deposition of any individual under oath, and issue subpenas as provided in [section 7132 of title 5](/usc/5/7132.md); and
    - (C) take whatever action is necessary and not inconsistent with this subchapter to resolve the impasse.
  - (3) Notice of any final action of the [Panel](/usc/22/4102.md?p=13) under this section shall be promptly served upon the parties, and the action shall be binding on such parties during the term of the [collective bargaining agreement](/usc/22/4102.md?p=4) unless the parties agree otherwise.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1010, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2133.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 7119(b)(4) of title 5, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means section 7119(c)(4) of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.