SEC. 842. [6 U.S.C. 412] LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

(a) Limitation on Exclusionary Authority.--

(1) In general.--No agency or subdivision of an

agency which is transferred to the Department pursuant

to this Act shall be excluded from the coverage of

chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, as a result

of any order issued under section 7103(b)(1) of such

title 5 after June 18, 2002, unless--

(A) the mission and responsibilities of the

agency (or subdivision) materially change; and

(B) a majority of the employees within such

agency (or subdivision) have as their primary

duty intelligence, counterintelligence, or

investigative work directly related to

terrorism investigation.

(2) Exclusions allowable.--Nothing in paragraph (1)

shall affect the effectiveness of any order to the

extent that such order excludes any portion of an

agency or subdivision of an agency as to which--

(A) recognition as an appropriate unit has

never been conferred for purposes of chapter 71

of such title 5; or

(B) any such recognition has been revoked

or otherwise terminated as a result of a

determination under subsection (b)(1).

(b) Provisions Relating to Bargaining Units.--

(1) Limitation relating to appropriate units.--Each

unit which is recognized as an appropriate unit for

purposes of chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code,

as of the day before the effective date of this Act

(and any subdivision of any such unit) shall, if such

unit (or subdivision) is transferred to the Department

pursuant to this Act, continue to be so recognized for

such purposes, unless--

(A) the mission and responsibilities of

such unit (or subdivision) materially change;

and

(B) a majority of the employees within such

unit (or subdivision) have as their primary

duty intelligence, counterintelligence, or

investigative work directly related to

terrorism investigation.

(2) Limitation relating to positions or

employees.--No position or employee within a unit (or

subdivision of a unit) as to which continued

recognition is given in accordance with paragraph (1)

shall be excluded from such unit (or subdivision), for

purposes of chapter 71 of such title 5, unless the

primary job duty of such position or employee--

(A) materially changes; and

(B) consists of intelligence,

counterintelligence, or investigative work

directly related to terrorism investigation.

In the case of any positions within a unit (or

subdivision) which are first established on or after

the effective date of this Act and any employees first

appointed on or after such date, the preceding sentence

shall be applied disregarding subparagraph (A).

(c) Waiver.--If the President determines that the

application of subsections (a), (b), and (d) would have a

substantial adverse impact on the ability of the Department to

protect homeland security, the President may waive the

application of such subsections 10 days after the President has

submitted to Congress a written explanation of the reasons for

such determination.

(d) Coordination Rule.--No other provision of this Act or

of any amendment made by this Act may be construed or applied

in a manner so as to limit, supersede, or otherwise affect the

provisions of this section, except to the extent that it does

so by specific reference to this section.

(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in section 9701(e) of

title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to apply with

respect to any agency or subdivision of any agency, which is

excluded from the coverage of chapter 71 of title 5, United

States Code, by virtue of an order issued in accordance with

section 7103(b) of such title and the preceding provisions of

this section (as applicable), or to any employees of any such

agency or subdivision or to any individual or entity

representing any such employees or any representatives thereof.

SEC. 843. [6 U.S.C. 413] USE OF COUNTERNARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

IN CERTAIN EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS.

(a) In General.--Each subdivision of the Department that is

a National Drug Control Program Agency shall include as one of

the criteria in its performance appraisal system, for each

employee directly or indirectly involved in the enforcement of

Federal, State, or local narcotics laws, the performance of

that employee with respect to the enforcement of Federal,

State, or local narcotics laws, relying to the greatest extent

practicable on objective performance measures, including--

(1) the contribution of that employee to seizures

of narcotics and arrests of violators of Federal,

State, or local narcotics laws; and

(2) the degree to which that employee cooperated

with or contributed to the efforts of other employees,

either within the Department or other Federal, State,

or local agencies, in counternarcotics enforcement.

(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--

(1) the term ``National Drug Control Program

Agency'' means--

(A) a National Drug Control Program Agency,

as defined in section 702(7) of the Office of

National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization

Act of 1998 (as last in effect); and

(B) any subdivision of the Department that

has a significant counternarcotics

responsibility, as determined by--

(i) the counternarcotics officer,

appointed under section 878; or

(ii) if applicable, the

counternarcotics officer's successor in

function (as determined by the

Secretary); and

(2) the term ``performance appraisal system'' means

a system under which periodic appraisals of job

performance of employees are made, whether under

chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, or

otherwise.

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