‘‘(c) PROCEDURES.—
‘‘(1) REQUESTS FOR INSPECTIONS.—Upon writ-
ten request of any employing office or covered em-
ployee, the Secretary of Labor shall have the author-
ity to inspect and investigate places of employment
under the jurisdiction of employing offices in accord-
ance with subsections (a), (d), (e), and (f) of section
8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970.
‘‘(2) CITATIONS, 
NOTICES, 
AND
NOTIFICA-
TIONS.—The Secretary of Labor shall have the au-
thority, in accordance with sections 9 and 10 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to
issue—
‘‘(A) a citation or notice to any employing
office responsible for correcting a violation of
subsection (a); or
‘‘(B) a notification to any employing office
that the Secretary of Labor believes has failed
to correct a violation for which a citation has
been issued within the period permitted for its
correction.
‘‘(3) HEARINGS AND REVIEW.—If after issuing
a citation or notification, the Secretary of Labor de-
termines that a violation has not been corrected—
‘‘(A) the citation and notification shall be
deemed a final order (within the meaning of
section 10(b) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970, if the employer fails to no-
tify the Secretary of Labor within 15 days (ex-
cluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holi-
days) after receipt of the notice that he intends
to contest the citation or notification; or
‘‘(B) opportunity for a hearing before the
Occupational Safety and Health Review Com-
mission shall be afforded in accordance with
section 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970, if the employer gives time-
ly notice to the Secretary that he intends to
contest the citation or notification.
‘‘(4) VARIANCE
PROCEDURES.—An employing
office may request from the Secretary of Labor an
order granting a variance from a standard made ap-
plicable by this section, in accordance with sections
6(b)(6) and 6(d) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970.
‘‘(5) JUDICIAL
REVIEW.—Any person or em-
ploying office aggrieved by a final decision of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Review Commission
under paragraph (3) or the Secretary of Labor
under (4) may file a petition for review with the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Cir-
cuit pursuant to section 455.
‘‘(6) COMPLIANCE DATE.—If new appropriated
funds are necessary to correct a violation of sub-
section (a) for which a citation is issued, or to com-
ply with an order requiring correction of such a vio-
lation, 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 cita-
tion is issued or the order requiring correction be-
comes final and not subject to further review.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SECTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—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 Sec-
retary of Labor to implement the statutory provi-
sions referred to in subsection (a) except to the ex-
tent that the President 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.
‘‘(3) EMPLOYING
OFFICE
RESPONSIBLE
FOR
CORRECTION.—The regulations issued under para-
graph (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.
‘‘PART D—LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
‘‘SEC. 430. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 71 OF TITLE 5, RE-
LATING TO FEDERAL SERVICE LABOR-MAN-
AGEMENT 
RELATIONS; 
PROCEDURES 
FOR
REMEDY OF VIOLATIONS.
‘‘(a) LABOR-MANAGEMENT RIGHTS.—Chapter 71 of
title 5 shall apply to employing offices and to covered em-
ployees and representatives of those employees.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of the application
under this section of chapter 71 of title 5, the term ‘agen-
cy’ as used in such chapter means an employing office.
‘‘PART E—GENERAL
‘‘SEC. 435. GENERALLY APPLICABLE REMEDIES AND LIMI-
TATIONS.
‘‘(a) ATTORNEY’S FEES.—If a covered employee,
with respect to any claim under this chapter, or a qualified
person with a disability, with respect to any claim under
section 420, is a prevailing party in any proceeding under
section 453(1), 455, or 456, the administrative agency or
court, as the case may be, may award attorney’s fees, ex-
pert fees, and any other costs as would be appropriate if
awarded under section 706(k) of the Civil Rights Act of
1964.
‘‘(b) INTEREST.—In any proceeding under section
453(1), 455, or 456, the same interest to compensate for
delay in payment shall be made available as would be ap-
propriate if awarded under section 717(d) of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
‘‘(c) CIVIL PENALTIES AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES.—
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no civil pen-
alty or punitive damages may be awarded with respect to
any claim under this chapter.
‘‘(d) EXCLUSIVE PROCEDURE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no person may commence an administra-
tive or judicial proceeding to seek a remedy for the
rights and protections afforded by this chapter ex-
cept as provided in this chapter.
‘‘(2) VETERANS.—A covered employee under
section 416 may also utilize any provisions of chap-
ter 43 of title 38 that are applicable to that em-
ployee.
‘‘(e) SCOPE OF REMEDY.—Only a covered employee
who has undertaken and completed the procedures de-