# § 1613. Miscellaneous provisions
**(a)** **Collective Bargaining Agreements.—** Nothing in sections 1601 through 1603 and 1606 through 1610 may be construed to impair the continued effectiveness of a collective bargaining agreement with respect to an agency or office that is a successor to an agency or office covered by the agreement before the succession.
**(b)** **Notice to Congress of Regulations.—** The Secretary of Defense shall notify Congress of any regulations prescribed to carry out this subchapter (other than sections 1605 and 1611). Such notice shall be provided by submitting a copy of the regulations to the congressional oversight committees not less than 60 days before such regulations take effect.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1632(d), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2750; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(a)(32), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1902.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1997—Subsec. (a). substituted “1603” for “1604”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under .