1. This Memorandum of Understanding in entered into by the Parties pursuant to Article 9, Section 8-11 of NAATS/FAA collective bargaining agreement.

2. An employee who elects to have a voluntary allotment will complete the appropriate voluntary deduction form, "Request For Voluntary Establishment/Change/Cancellation of Voluntary Deduction Of The National Association Of Air Traffic Specialists." On this form, the employee will designate the amount to be deducted each pay period and forwarded to the Union. The employee will then send the form to the National Office of the Union. Once the form is processed, the employee is responsible for verifying that the correct amount is being deducted.

3. Upon receipt of the form, the Union will verify that the employee is a bargaining unit member eligible for the deduction. The Union will then forward the completed form to the employee's payroll processing center.

4. At the payroll processing center, the form will be reviewed for completeness, and to ensure that the amount to be withheld will not exceed $5,000 per year. The data will then be entered into the payroll system. This action will be completed by the Agency no later than the end of the pay period following the pay period during which the form was received by the payroll processing center. Upon entry of the data into the payroll system, the designated amount will be withheld each pay period from the employee's salary. The Agency will inform the employee of any problems concerning the processing of the form. Any forms that cannot be processed will be returned to the Union.

5. A check for the total amount withheld each pay period shall be sent to the union. The check shall be made payable to the NAATS Political Action Committees, and sent to 11303 Amherst Avenue, Suite 4, Wheaton, MD 20902, no later than 10 days after the close of the pay period. Each pay period, the Union shall be provided with a list by region showing the name, address, and Social Security number for each employee, the amount withheld from each employee, and the total amount remitted for that pay. period. The payroll office will record the accumulated year-to-date (pay year) totals for each employee, and will cease deductions when an individual employee's pay year total would exceed $5,000.

6. Eligible employees may elect to initiate or cancel a voluntary deduction at any time. The same form may be used to initiate or cancel the deduction.

7. Payroll processing centers are responsible for continuing the voluntary deduction when an employee transfers between payroll processing centers.

8. The Union will promptly notify the appropriate payroll processing center in writing when an employee is no longer eligible for the voluntary deduction.

9. The Union will be responsible for making refunds to employees of amounts erroneously deducted.

10. In order of precedence, voluntary deductions under this memorandum will be taken after Union dues are deducted, if the employee has a deduction for Union dues. Otherwise, the order of precedence will be handled as with any other voluntary deduction.

11. The Agency will begin making deductions pursuant to this Memorandum effective Pay Period 11, beginning May 5, 1994.

The Parties have executed this agreement this 9^th day of May, 1994.