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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 548 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the mandatory 

annual ethics training offered to Members, officers, and employees of 

the House to include a specific program of training in the prevention 

and deterrence of sexual harassment in employment, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 8, 2014 

Ms. SPEIER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

require the mandatory annual ethics training offered to 

Members, officers, and employees of the House to include 

a specific program of training in the prevention and 

deterrence of sexual harassment in employment, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Resolved, 


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1 SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF PROGRAM OF TRAINING IN PRE2 VENTION AND DETERRENCE OF SEXUAL HAR3 ASSMENT IN EMPLOYMENT AS PART OF AN4 NUAL MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING FOR 

5 HOUSE MEMBERS AND STAFF. 

6 (a) INCLUSION OF PROGRAM.—Clause 3(a)(6) of rule 

7 XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subdivision (A)(ii), by striking the period 

10 at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, together 

11 with a specific program of training in the prevention 

12 and deterrence of sexual harassment in employment 

13 (as described in subdivision (B)).’’; 

14 (2) by redesignating subdivision (B) as subdivi15 sion (C); and 

16 (3) by inserting after subdivision (A) the fol17 lowing new subdivision: 

18 ‘‘(B)(i) The program of training in the 

19 prevention and deterrence of sexual harassment 

20 in the workplace under this subdivision is a pro21 gram which provides information and practical 

22 guidance regarding any applicable Federal and 

23 State laws concerning the prohibition against 

24 and the prevention and correction of sexual har25 assment and the remedies available to victims 

26 of sexual harassment in employment. The proVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:24 Apr 09, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR548.IH HR548

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1 gram shall also include practical examples 

2 aimed at instructing supervisors in the preven3 tion of harassment, discrimination, and retalia4 tion, and shall be presented by individuals with 

5 knowledge and expertise in the prevention of 

6 harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. 

7 ‘‘(ii) The program under this subdivision shall 

8 provide at least one hour of training, except that in 

9 the case of the training provided to a new officer or 

10 employee of the House under subdivision (B)(i), the 

11 program shall under this subdivision shall provide at 

12 least two hours of training. 

13 ‘‘(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, ‘sex14 ual harassment’ means any conduct directed at an 

15 individual which consists of unwelcome sexual ad16 vances, requests for sexual favors, or any other con17 duct of a sexual nature, if submission by the indi18 vidual to such conduct is made either explicitly or 

19 implicitly a term or condition of the individual’s em20 ployment, submission to or rejection of such conduct 

21 by the individual is used as the basis for employment 

22 decisions affecting the individual, or such conduct 

23 has the purpose or effect of interfering with the indi24 vidual’s work performance or creating an intimi25 dating, hostile, or offensive working environment.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall take effect upon the expiration of the 

3 60-day period which begins on the date of the adoption 

4 of this resolution. 

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