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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 9 of 217 Columbia, or the United States; or ix. take or fail to take any other personnel action if the taking of or fail ure to take such action violates any law, rule, or regulation, implementing or directly concerning, the merit system principles contained in this Section. (b) Section 4(a) shall not be construed to authorize the withholding of information from the Congress or the taking of any personnel action against an employee who discloses information to the Congress. i. The head of each line of business or staff organization shall be responsible for the prevention of prohibited personnel practices, for the compliance with a nd enforcement of applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and other aspects of personnel management. Any individual to whom the head of a line of business or staff organization delegates authority for personnel management, or for any aspect thereof, shall be similarly responsible within the limits of the delegation. ii. This section shall not be construed to extinguish or lessen any effort to achieve equal employment opportunity through affirmative action or any right or remedy available to an e mployee or applicant for employment in the civil service under: • Section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 USC 2000e - 16), prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; • Sections 12 and 15 of the Age Discri mination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 USC 631, 633a), prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age; • Section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 USC 206 (d)), prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex; • Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 USC 791), prohibiting discrimination on the basis of handicapping condition; or • the provision of any law, rule, or regulation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of marital status, sexual orientation, or political affiliation. Section 6. FAA regulations on outside employment and financial interests shall be uniformly administered throughout the bargaining unit. Section 7. Bargaining unit employees may have access to any of the Agency's facilities after prior coordination with the manag ement of the facility to be visited. Approvals shall not be unreasonably denied. Section 8. Employees covered by this Agreement shall have the protection of all rights to which they are entitled by the Constitution of the United States. Section 9. Radios , television sets, appropriate magazines/publications, pagers/cell phones, and

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