5 CFR § 2424.31 - Hearings and other appropriate action.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s2424.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 2424.31 - Hearings and other appropriate action."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2424.31"
section_name: "Hearings and other appropriate action."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY"
part_number: "2424"
part_name: "NEGOTIABILITY PROCEEDINGS"
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. 7134."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 66413, Dec. 2, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2424"
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# 2424.31 Hearings and other appropriate action.
When necessary to resolve disputed issues of material fact in a negotiability or bargaining obligation dispute, or when it would otherwise aid in decision making, the Authority, or its designated representative, may, in its discretion:
(a) Direct the parties to provide specific documentary evidence;
(b) Direct the parties to provide answers to specific factual questions;
(c) Refer the matter to a hearing pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7117(b)(3) or (c)(5); or
(d) Take any other appropriate action.
[63 FR 66413, Dec. 2, 1998, as amended at 88 FR 62459, Sept. 12, 2023; 88 FR 69873, Oct. 10, 2023]