; and (B) those categories of public employees that shall not be subject to the regulations and procedures described in section 5. 5. Minimum standards administered by the Federal labor relations authority (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Authority shall issue regulations in accordance with the rights and responsibilities described in section 4(b) establishing collective bargaining procedures for public employers, labor organizations, and public employees in States which the Authority has determined, acting pursuant to section 4(a), do not substantially provide for such rights and responsibilities. (b) Role of the federal labor relations authority The Authority, to the extent provided in this Act and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Authority, shall— (1) protect the right of public employees to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from any such activity, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, protect the right of public employees to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and protect the right of public employees to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a majority of the public employees voting in such election in an appropriate unit, and provide for the payroll deduction of labor organization fees to any such duly-elected exclusive representative pursuant to the terms of an authorization executed by a public employee; (3) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (4) require public employers to— (A) recognize the labor organization of its public employees (freely chosen by a majority of such employees voting in the appropriate unit) as the exclusive representative of such employees