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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 323 

Requiring sexual harassment training for Members, officers, employees, 

interns, and fellows of the Senate and a periodic survey of the Senate. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2017 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. ERNST, 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. JOHNSON, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and 

Mr. BOOKER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Rules and Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Requiring sexual harassment training for Members, officers, 

employees, interns, and fellows of the Senate and a periodic survey of the Senate. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Senate Training 

4 on Prevention of Sexual Harassment Resolution’’ or the 

5 ‘‘STOP Sexual Harassment Resolution’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this resolution— 


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1 (1) the term ‘‘covered office’’ means an office, 

2 including a joint commission or joint committee, em3 ploying employees of the Senate; 

4 (2) the term ‘‘covered position’’ means a posi5 tion as— 

6 (A) a Member, officer, or employee of the 

7 Senate; 

8 (B) an intern or fellow serving in a posi9 tion in a covered office— 

10 (i) without regard to whether the in11 tern or fellow receives compensation; and 

12 (ii) if the intern or fellow does receive 

13 compensation, without regard to the source 

14 of compensation; or 

15 (C) a detailee serving in a position in a 

16 covered office, without regard to whether the 

17 service is on a reimbursable basis; 

18 (3) the term ‘‘employee of the Senate’’ means 

19 an individual whose pay is disbursed by the Sec20 retary of the Senate, without regard to the term of 

21 the appointment; 

22 (4) the term ‘‘head of a covered office’’ 

23 means— 

24 (A) the Member, officer, or employee of 

25 the Senate having final authority to appoint, 


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1 hire, discharge, and set the terms, conditions, 

2 or privileges of the employment of the employ3 ees of the Senate employed by a covered office; 

4 or 

5 (B) in the case of a joint committee or 

6 joint commission, the Senator from the majority 

7 party of the Senate who— 

8 (i) is a member of, or has authority 

9 over, the covered office; and 

10 (ii)(I) serves in the highest leadership 

11 role in the committee or commission; or 

12 (II) if there is no such leadership role 

13 for a Senator in the committee or commis14 sion, is the most senior Senator on the 

15 committee or commission; 

16 (5) the term ‘‘officer’’ means an elected or ap17 pointed officer of the Senate; and 

18 (6) the term ‘‘sexual harassment’’ means har19 assment that constitutes discrimination because of 

20 sex that is prohibited under section 201 of the Con21 gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

22 1311). 

23 SEC. 3. SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Rules and Ad25 ministration of the Senate shall issue rules as expediVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:41 Nov 08, 2017 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR323.IS SR323

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1 tiously as possible requiring each individual serving in a 

2 covered position to periodically complete sexual harass3 ment training provided by the Office of Compliance or the 

4 Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment. 

5 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The rules issued under sub6 section (a) shall require that— 

7 (1) an individual elected, appointed, or assigned 

8 to a covered position after the date on which the 

9 rules are issued who was not serving in a covered 

10 position immediately before being so elected, ap11 pointed, or assigned shall complete training de12 scribed in subsection (a) not later than 60 days after 

13 the date on which the individual assumes the posi14 tion; 

15 (2) an individual serving in a covered position 

16 on the date on which the rules are issued who has 

17 not previously completed training described in sub18 section (a) shall complete such training not later 

19 than 60 days after the date on which the rules are 

20 issued; 

21 (3) in addition to complying with paragraphs 

22 (1) and (2), each individual serving in a covered po23 sition shall complete a course of training described 

24 in subsection (a) periodically, as specified by the 


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1 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen2 ate; and 

3 (4) the head of each covered office shall submit 

4 to the Committee on Rules and Administration of 

5 the Senate— 

6 (A) a list of each individual serving in a 

7 covered position in the covered office on the 

8 date on which the rules are issued who pre9 viously completed training described in sub10 section (a); 

11 (B) information regarding the completion 

12 of training described in subsection (a) after the 

13 date on which the rules are issued by an indi14 vidual serving in a covered position in the cov15 ered office; and 

16 (C) notice of a failure by an individual 

17 serving in a covered position in the covered of18 fice to comply with the rules. 

19 (c) CONTENTS OF TRAINING.—It is the sense of the 

20 Senate that, for purposes of training conducted after the 

21 date on which the rules are issued under subsection (a), 

22 the sexual harassment training described in subsection (a) 

23 should be reviewed and updated to include— 

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1 hibition against and the prevention and correction of 

2 sexual harassment and the rights of victims of sex3 ual harassment in employment; 

4 (2) practical examples aimed at instructing su5 pervisors in the prevention of harassment, discrimi6 nation, and retaliation; 

7 (3) presentations by individuals with knowledge 

8 and expertise in the prevention of harassment, dis9 crimination, and retaliation; 

10 (4) a discussion of the consequences for per11 petrators of sexual harassment; and 

12 (5) information regarding the prohibition under 

13 the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 

14 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) against retaliation against wit15 nesses to, or individuals who experience, sexual har16 assment and who report the harassment. 

17 (d) CONSULTATION.—It is the sense of the Senate 

18 that the Office of Compliance and the Office of the Senate 

19 Chief Counsel for Employment should, in implementing 

20 the training described in subsection (a) and making any 

21 updates to the training in accordance with subsection (c), 

22 consult with— 

23 (1) entities having significant expertise in iden24 tifying, preventing, and responding to sexual harass25 ment; and 


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1 (2) sexual harassment victims or sexual harass2 ment victim advocates. 

3 SEC. 4. PERIODIC SURVEY. 

4 During each Congress, the Sergeant at Arms and 

5 Doorkeeper of the Senate shall— 

6 (1) in consultation with the Office of Compli7 ance, the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment, and 

8 an entity having expertise in developing surveys, 

9 conduct an anonymous survey of Members, officers, 

10 and employees of the Senate relating to the preva11 lence of sexual harassment in the Senate during the 

12 previous Congress, which shall include questions re13 garding— 

14 (A) the experience of the respondent with 

15 sexual harassment or related inappropriate be16 havior in the Senate; and 

17 (B) if the respondent experienced sexual 

18 harassment or related inappropriate behavior 

19 and did not initiate the process under title IV 

20 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 

21 (2 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), why the respondent 

22 chose not to do so; 

23 (2) submit only to the Chairman and Ranking 

24 Member of the Committee on Rules and Administra25 tion, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 


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1 Committee on the Judiciary, and the Chairman and 

2 Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland 

3 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 

4 report on the results of the survey; and 

5 (3) take all steps necessary to preserve the ano6 nymity of survey respondents and protect the con7 fidentiality of any data that is collected under this 

8 section. 

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