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 110 STAT. 4064 PUBLIC LAW 104-331—OCT. 26, 1996 correction of such a violation, correction or compliance shall take place as soon as possible, but not later than the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the citation is issued or the order requiring correction becomes final and not subject to further review. " (d) REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SECTION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The President, or the designee of the President, shall issue regulations to implement this section. "(2) AGENCY REGULATIONS.—The regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall be the same as substantive regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor to implement the statutory provisions referred to in subsections (a) and (b)— "(A) except to the extent that the President or designee may determine, for good cause shown and stated together with the regulation, that a modification of such regulations would be more effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section; and "(B) except that the President or designee may, at the discretion of the President or designee, issue regulations to implement a provision of section 19 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 that applies to agencies or employees of the executive branch of the Federal Government in lieu of an analogous statutory provision referred to in subsection (a) or (b), if the issuance of such regulations— "(i) would be equally effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section; and "(ii) would promote uniformity in the application of Federal law to employees in the executive branch of the Federal Government. "(3) EMPLOYING OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTION. — The regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall include a method of identifying, for purposes of this section and for different categories of violations of subsection (a), the employing office responsible for correction of a particular violation. "(e) EFFECTIVE DATE. —Subsections (a) through (c) shall take effect on the earlier of— "(1) the effective date of regulations issued under subsection (d); or "(2) October 1, 1998. " P ART D —LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ''§ 431. Application of chapter 71 of title 5, relating to Federal service labor-management relations; procedures for remedy of violations "(a) LABOR-MANAGEMENT RIGHTS. —Subject to subsection (d), chapter 71 of title 5 shall apply to employing offices and to covered employees and representatives of those employees, except that covered employees shall not have a right to reinstatement pursuant to section 7118(a)(7)(C) or 7123 of title 5. "(b) DEFINITION.— For purposes of the application under this section of chapter 71 of title 5, the term 'agency as used in such chapter means an employing office. "(c) REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SECTION.—

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