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legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-5/section-578.md

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+title: "5 U.S.C. § 578"
+description: "Authority of the arbitrator"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 5
+title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
+chapter_number: "5"
+chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE"
+section: "578"
+citation: "5 U.S.C. § 578"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
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+---
+
+# 5 U.S.C. § 578 - Authority of the arbitrator
+
+## Text
+
+An arbitrator to whom a dispute is referred under this subchapter may—
+
+(1) regulate the course of and conduct arbitral hearings;
+
+(2) administer oaths and affirmations;
+
+(3) compel the attendance of witnesses and production of evidence at the hearing under the provisions of section 7 of title 9 only to the extent the agency involved is otherwise authorized by law to do so; and
+
+(4) make awards.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 101–552, § 4(b), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2742, § 588; renumbered § 578, Pub. L. 102–354, § 3(b)(2), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 944.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1992—Pub. L. 102–354 renumbered section 588 of this title as this section.