22 CFR § 1471.1 - Request for Panel consideration.

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title: "22 CFR § 1471.1 - Request for Panel consideration."
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title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "1471.1"
section_name: "Request for Panel consideration."
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD; FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE IMPASSE DISPUTES PANEL"
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part_number: "1471"
part_name: "PROCEDURES OF THE PANEL"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 4107(c), 4110."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 45879, Sept. 15, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1471.1 Request for Panel consideration.

If direct negotiations and other voluntary arrangements for settlement, if any, 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

(b) The Panel may, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 4110(a), undertake consideration of the matter upon request of the Executive Director.