LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

SEC. 171. LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS. Section 1017(e) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4117(e)) is amended to read as follows: “(e) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter— “(A) participation in the management of a labor organization for purposes of collective bargaining or acting as a representative of a labor organization for such purposes is prohibited under this chapter— “(i) on the part of any management official or confidential employee; “(ii) on the part of any individual who has served as a management official or confidential employee during the preceding two years; or “(iii) on the part of any other employee if the participation or activity would result in a conflict of interest or apparent conflict of interest or would otherwise be incompatible with law or with the official functions of such employee; and “(B) service as a management official or confidential employee is prohibited on the part of any individual having participated in the management of a labor organization for108 STAT. 412 purposes of collective bargaining or having acted as a representative of a labor organization during the preceding two years. “(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(A)(ii) and paragraph (1)(B), the term ‘management official’ shall not include chiefs of mission, principal officers and their deputies, and administrative and personnel officers abroad.”.