ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions

SECTION 1. In the administration of all matters covered by this agreement, the parties and employees are governed by the following:

A. Existing and future statutory laws:

B. Existing government-wide rules and regulations, and government-wide rules and regulations issued after the effective date of this Agreement;

C. Existing and future agency regulations to the extent they are consistent with, and do not conflict with, this Agreement.

SECTION 2. Should any provision of this Agreement be found unlawful, the remainder of the Agreement will continue in force.  Upon occurrence of such an event, the parties shall confer as soon as practical to renegotiate the invalidated provision(s). Provisions originally negotiated, as part of a package, shall be renegotiated as a package, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.

SECTION 3. Except as provided in this Agreement, while this Agreement is in effect, the parties will not renegotiate any terms of this Agreement unless both parties agree to such renegotiation.

SECTION 4. If the final day of a time period specified in the Agreement falls on a Saturday, Sunday, Federal holiday, or other Federal non-workday, the time period is extended to the next regular workday.

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