5 CFR § 251.102 - Coverage.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s251.102"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 251.102 - Coverage."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "251.102"
section_name: "Coverage."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "251"
part_name: "AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 32915, June 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "251"
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# 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.