---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 7115"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "7115"
heading: "Allotments to representatives"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/7115"
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"
---

# §7115. Allotments to representatives

- (a) If an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) has received from an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) in an appropriate unit a written assignment which authorizes the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) to deduct from the [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) of the [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) amounts for the payment of regular and periodic [dues](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-5) of the [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16) of the unit, the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) shall honor the assignment and make an appropriate allotment pursuant to the assignment. Any such allotment shall be made at no cost to the [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16) or the [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2). Except as provided under [subsection (b)](#b) of this section, any such assignment may not be revoked for a period of 1 year.
- (b) An allotment under [subsection (a)](#a) of this section for the deduction of [dues](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-5) with respect to any [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) shall terminate when—
  - (1) the agreement between the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) and the [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16) involved ceases to be applicable to the [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2); or
  - (2) the [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) is suspended or expelled from membership in the [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16).
- (c)
  - (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a petition has been filed with the [Authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) by a [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) alleging that 10 percent of the [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) in an appropriate unit in an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) have membership in the [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4), the [Authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) shall investigate the petition to determine its validity. Upon certification by the [Authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) of the validity of the petition, the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) shall have a duty to negotiate with the [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) solely concerning the deduction of [dues](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-5) of the [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) from the [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) of the [members](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) of the [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) who are [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) in the unit and who make a voluntary allotment for such purpose.
  - (2)
    - (A) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply in the case of any appropriate unit for which there is an [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16).
    - (B) Any agreement under paragraph (1) of this subsection between a [labor organization](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-4) and an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) with respect to an appropriate unit shall be null and void upon the certification of an [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16) of the unit.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, § 701, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1203.)

## Notes

### 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.