49 U.S.C. § 49107 — Federal employees at Metropolitan Washington Airports

(a) Labor Agreements. — (1) The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority must adopt all "labor agreements" that were in effect on June 7, 1987. This section does not define "labor agreements." Unless the parties agree otherwise, the agreements must be renegotiated before June 7, 1992. (2) "Employee protection arrangements" made under this section must ensure, during the 50-year lease term, that transferred employees who are retained by the Airports Authority continue to have all "collective bargaining rights" they enjoyed. This section does not define "employee protection arrangements," "lease term," or "collective bargaining rights.

(b) Civil Service Retirement. — A federal employee who transferred to the Airports Authority and was subject on June 6, 1987, to subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5 remains subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 as long as the employee continues to work for the Airports Authority without a break in service. For purposes of subchapters III of chapters 83 and 84, working for the Airports Authority without a break in continuous service is treated as working for the United States Government. The Airports Authority is the employing agency for purposes of subchapters III of chapters 83 and 84. It must contribute to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund the amounts required by subchapters III of chapters 83 and 84.

(c) Access to Records. — The Airports Authority must give representatives of the Secretary of Transportation adequate access to the Airports Authority's employees and employee records when that access is needed to carry out a duty or power related to the period before June 7, 1987. The Secretary must give the Airports Authority access to transferring employees' employee records for appropriate purposes.