---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 7113"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "7113"
heading: "National consultation rights"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/7113"
units:
  - "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"
---

# §7113. National consultation rights

- (a) If, in connection with any [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1), no [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) has been accorded exclusive recognition on an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) basis, a [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) which is the [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16) of a substantial number of the [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) of the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1), as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the [Authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6), shall be granted national consultation rights by the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1). National consultation rights shall terminate when the [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) no longer meets the criteria prescribed by the [Authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6). Any issue relating to any [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4)’s eligibility for, or continuation of, national consultation rights shall be subject to determination by the [Authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6).
- (b)
  - (1) Any [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) having national consultation rights in connection with any [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) under [subsection (a)](#a) of this section shall—
    - (A) be informed of any substantive change in [conditions of employment](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-14) proposed by the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1), and
    - (B) be permitted reasonable time to present its views and recommendations regarding the changes.
  - (2) If any views or recommendations are presented under paragraph (1) of this subsection to an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) by any [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4)—
    - (A) the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) shall consider the views or recommendations before taking final action on any matter with respect to which the views or recommendations are presented; and
    - (B) the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) shall provide the [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) a written statement of the reasons for taking the final action.
- (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the right of any [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) or [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16) to engage in [collective bargaining](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-12).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, § 701, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1201; amended Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(55), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1354.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–378 struck out “(1)” after subsec. (a) designation.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title.