5 CFR § 2471.1 - Request for Panel consideration; request for Panel approval of binding arbitration.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s2471.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 2471.1 - Request for Panel consideration; request for Panel approval of binding arbitration."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2471.1"
section_name: "Request for Panel consideration; request for Panel approval of binding arbitration."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL"
part_number: "2471"
part_name: "PROCEDURES OF THE PANEL"
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. 7119, 7134."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 3520, Jan. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2471"
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# 2471.1 Request for Panel consideration; request for Panel approval of binding arbitration.
If voluntary arrangements, including the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or any other third-party mediation, fail to resolve a negotiation impasse:
(a) Either party, or the parties jointly, may request the Panel to consider the matter by filing a request as hereinafter provided; or the Panel may, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7119(c)(1), undertake consideration of the matter upon request of (i) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, or (ii) the Executive Director; or
(b) The parties may jointly request the Panel to approve any procedure, which they have agreed to adopt, for binding arbitration of the negotiation impasse by filing a request as hereinafter provided.