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(c) Procedures.--Under the demonstration project--
(1) the use of alternative means of dispute
resolution (as defined in section 571 of title 5,
United States Code) shall be encouraged, whenever
appropriate; and
(2) each covered entity under the jurisdiction of
the official conducting the project shall be required
to provide for the expeditious, fair, and independent
review of any action to which section 4303 or
subchapter II of chapter 75 of such title 5 would
otherwise apply (except an action described in section
7512(5) of such title 5).
(d) Actions Involving Discrimination.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, if, in the case of any matter
described in section 7702(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States
Code, there is no judicially reviewable action under the
demonstration project within 120 days after the filing of an
appeal or other formal request for review (referred to in
subsection (c)(2)), an employee shall be entitled to file a
civil action to the same extent and in the same manner as
provided in section 7702(e)(1) of such title 5 (in the matter
following subparagraph (C) thereof).
(e) Certain Employees.--Employees shall not be included
within any project under this section if such employees are--
(1) neither managers nor supervisors; and
(2) within a unit with respect to which a labor
organization is accorded exclusive recognition under
chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an aggrieved employee
within a unit (referred to in paragraph (2)) may elect to
participate in a complaint procedure developed under the
demonstration project in lieu of any negotiated grievance
procedure and any statutory procedure (as such term is used in
section 7121 of such title 5).
(f) Reports.--The General Accounting Office shall prepare
and submit to the Committees on Government Reform and the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committees on
Governmental Affairs and the Judiciary of the Senate periodic
reports on any demonstration project conducted under this
section, such reports to be submitted after the second and
fourth years of its operation. Upon request, the Attorney
General or the Secretary shall furnish such information as the
General Accounting Office may require to carry out this
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