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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 630 

Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of Representatives 

to complete a program of training in workplace rights and responsibilities 

each session of each Congress, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 28, 2017 

Mrs. COMSTOCK (for herself, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. HARPER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. POLIQUIN, 

Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. FASO, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. 

STEFANIK, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. CURBELO

of Florida, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. LEE, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. 

LOWEY, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Mr. COHEN, Ms. KAPTUR, 

Mr. JONES, Mr. KILMER, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GROTHMAN, 

Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. SMITH of 

New Jersey, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. CASTOR of 

Florida, Mr. ROYCE of California, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. 

SINEMA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. COSTA, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. 

MATSUI, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. SIRES, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. 

GIANFORTE, Mrs. HANDEL, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 

MCEACHIN, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. LANCE, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. LARSEN of 

Washington, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. REICHERT, 

Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. MEADOWS, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. BERA, Mr. 

GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Ms. 

MCSALLY, Mr. LATTA, Mr. EVANS, Mr. MESSER, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. 

KELLY of Illinois, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. YOUNG

of Iowa, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS

of California, Mr. BACON, Mr. OLSON, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 

ROKITA, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. 

MCKINLEY, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. JENKINS

of Kansas, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. RUIZ, 

Mr. KEATING, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

CORREA, Mr. WOMACK, Ms. MENG, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 

BEYER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 

Mr. SABLAN, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 


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YARMUTH, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. VELA, Mr. O’ROURKE, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Ohio, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. SCHIFF, 

Mr. COFFMAN, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. BRAT, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. FERGUSON, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. 

SARBANES, Mr. WALKER, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mrs. 

BEATTY, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. SOTO, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. YOHO, Mr. 

WILLIAMS, Mr. HILL, Mr. BARR, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. CULBERSON, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. FLORES, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. LAMALFA, 

Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. HURD, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. WILSON of 

South Carolina, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. 

LOVE, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 

GUTHRIE, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. BARTON, 

Mr. STIVERS, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. BURGESS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

House Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House 

of Representatives to complete a program of training 

in workplace rights and responsibilities each session of 

each Congress, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. MANDATORY COMPLETION OF PROGRAM OF 

3 TRAINING IN WORKPLACE RIGHTS AND RE4 SPONSIBILITIES. 

5 (a) REQUIRING TRAINING FOR ALL MEMBERS, OFFI6 CERS, AND EMPLOYEES.— 

7 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this resolution, 

9 the Committee on House Administration shall issue 

10 regulations to provide that, during each session of 


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1 each Congress, each Member (including each Dele2 gate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress), of3 ficer, and employee of the House of Representatives 

4 shall complete a program of training in the work5 place rights and responsibilities applicable to offices 

6 and employees of the House under part A of title II 

7 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 

8 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), including anti-discrimination 

9 and anti-harassment training. 

10 (2) INCLUSION OF INTERNS, FELLOWS, AND

11 DETAILEES.—For purposes of this resolution, an in12 dividual serving in an office of the House of Rep13 resentatives as an intern (including an unpaid in14 tern), a participant in a fellowship program, or a 

15 detailee from another office of the Federal Govern16 ment shall be considered an employee of the House. 

17 (b) DEADLINE.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under the regulations issued 

19 by the Committee on House Administration under 

20 subsection (a), an individual shall complete the pro21 gram of training required under subsection (a) and 

22 file a certificate of completion of such training not 

23 later than— 

24 (A) in the case of an individual who is 

25 serving as a Member, officer, or employee of the 


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1 House as of the first day of a session of Con2 gress, not later than 90 days after the session 

3 begins; or 

4 (B) in the case of any other individual, not 

5 later than 90 days after the individual first be6 comes a Member, officer, or employee of the 

7 House during the session. 

8 (2) SPECIAL RULE FOR ONE HUNDRED FIF9 TEENTH CONGRESS.—In the case of the One Hun10 dred Fifteenth Congress, an individual shall com11 plete the program required under subsection (a) not 

12 later than 180 days after the second session of the 

13 Congress begins. 

14 (c) ADDITIONAL MECHANISMS.—The Committee on 

15 House Administration shall consider additional mecha16 nisms to ensure compliance with the training requirement 

17 under subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS PRO19 VIDED TO HOUSE EMPLOYEES UNDER CON20 GRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995. 

21 The Committee on House Administration shall issue 

22 regulations to provide that each employing office of the 

23 House of Representatives shall post in a prominent loca24 tion in the office (including, in the case of the office of 

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1 missioner to the Congress, a prominent location in each 

2 office in the Member’s congressional district) a statement 

3 of the rights and protections provided to employees of the 

4 House of Representatives under the Congressional Ac5 countability Act of 1995, including the procedures avail6 able to employees of the House under such Act for re7 sponding to and adjudicating allegations of violations of 

8 such rights and protections. 

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