--- kind: "section" citation: "22 U.S.C. § 4118" title: "22" title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse" number: "4118" heading: "Administrative provisions" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/4118" units: - "Chapter 52 — Foreign Service" - "Subchapter X — Labor-Management Relations" --- # §4118. Administrative provisions - (a) **Assignment for deduction of dues—** If the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) has received from any individual a written assignment which authorizes the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) to deduct from the salary of that individual amounts for the payment of regular and periodic [dues](/usc/22/4102.md?p=7) of the [exclusive representative](/usc/22/4102.md?p=9), the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) shall honor the assignment. Any such assignment shall be made at no cost to the [exclusive representative](/usc/22/4102.md?p=9) or the individual. Except as provided in [subsection (b)](#b), any such assignment may not be revoked for a period of one year from its execution. - (b) **Termination of assignment for deduction of dues—** An assignment for deduction of [dues](/usc/22/4102.md?p=7) shall terminate when— - (1) the [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11) ceases to be the [exclusive representative](/usc/22/4102.md?p=9); - (2) the individual ceases to receive a salary from the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) as a member of the Service; or - (3) the individual is suspended or expelled from membership in the [exclusive representative](/usc/22/4102.md?p=9). - (c) **Negotiations with uncertified labor organizations—** During any period when no [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11) is certified as the [exclusive representative](/usc/22/4102.md?p=9) of [employees](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) in the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4), the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) shall have the duty to negotiate with a [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11) which has filed a petition under [section 4111(b)(1)(A) of this title](/usc/22/4111.md?p=b-1-A) alleging that 10 percent of the [employees](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) in the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) have membership in the organization if the [Board](/usc/22/4102.md?p=2) has determined that the petition is valid. Negotiations under this subsection shall be concerned solely with the deduction of [dues](/usc/22/4102.md?p=7) of the [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11) from the salary of the individuals who are members of the [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11) and who make a voluntary allotment for that purpose. Any agreement between the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) and a [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11) under this subsection shall terminate upon the certification of an [exclusive representative](/usc/22/4102.md?p=9) of any [employees](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) to whom the agreement applies. - (d) **Official time usage—** The following provisions shall apply to the use of official time: - (1) Any [employee](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) representing an [exclusive representative](/usc/22/4102.md?p=9) in the negotiation of a [collective bargaining agreement](/usc/22/4102.md?p=4) under this subchapter shall be authorized official time for such purposes, including attendance at impasse proceedings, during the time the [employee](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) otherwise would be in a duty status. The number of [employees](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) for whom official time is authorized under this paragraph shall not exceed the number of individuals designated as representing the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) for such purposes. - (2) Any activities performed by any [employee](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) relating to the internal business of the [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11), including the solicitation of membership, elections of [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11) officials, and collection of [dues](/usc/22/4102.md?p=7), shall be performed during the time the [employee](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) is in a nonduty status. - (3) Except as provided in [paragraph (1)](#d-1), the [Board](/usc/22/4102.md?p=2) shall determine whether any [employee](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) participating for, or on behalf of, a [labor organization](/usc/22/4102.md?p=11) in any phase of proceedings before the [Board](/usc/22/4102.md?p=2) shall be authorized official time for such purpose during the time the [employee](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) would otherwise be in a duty status. - (4) Except as provided in paragraphs [(1)](#d-1), [(2)](#d-2), and [(3)](#d-3), any [employee](/usc/22/4102.md?p=8) representing an [exclusive representative](/usc/22/4102.md?p=9), or engaged in any other matter covered by this subchapter, shall be granted official time in any amount the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) and the [exclusive representative](/usc/22/4102.md?p=9) agree to be reasonable, necessary, and in the public interest. ## Source credit (Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1018, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2141.)