tices, setting forth such information as the Office consid-
ers to be appropriate to carry out this section.
‘‘(g) Subsection (c)(1) is enacted as an exercise of
the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives,
with full recognition of the right of the House of Rep-
resentatives to change its rules in the same manner, and
to the same extent, as in any other rule of the House of
Representatives.
‘‘(h)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), sections 4 and 7(f)
shall apply with respect to individuals who are employed
by, or who apply for employment with, an instrumentality
of the Congress.
‘‘(2) The chief official of each instrumentality of the
Congress shall establish remedies and procedures to pro-
tect the rights provided for in paragraph (1). Such rem-
edies and procedures shall apply exclusively with respect
to such rights and shall provide to such individual protec-
tion that is equal to or greater than the protection pro-
vided under this section to employees of an employing
authority.
‘‘(3) The chief official of each instrumentality of the
Congress shall submit to the Congress a report describing
the remedies and procedures it has established to comply
with paragraph (2).
‘‘(4) Within 90 days of the exhaustion of all proce-
dures authorized under paragraph (2) or after 180 days
after the filing of a complaint in accordance with such pro-
cedures, an employee may bring a civil action in the appro-
priate United States district court against the employee’s
instrumentality. In any such action, the court may order
such relief, including damages, attorneys’ fees, and other
costs as may be ordered by a court under section 7.’’.
TITLE II—TITLE VII OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
SEC. 201. REFERENCE.
Whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a sec-
tion or other provision, the reference shall be considered
to be made to a section or other provision of the Civil
Rights Act of 1991.
SEC. 202. APPLICATION TO CONGRESS.
(a) COVERAGE.—Section 117(a)(2)(A) (2 U.S.C.
60l(a)(2)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing: ‘‘For purposes of this section, the term ‘employee’
also includes an individual who applies for employment
and the term ‘employing authority’ also includes any agent
of the employing authority and any Member who partici-
pates in determining the terms and conditions applicable
to an employee’s employment and any agent of such Mem-
ber but with respect to a position on the minority staff
of a committee such term does not include the Chairman
of such committee.’’.
(b) EMPLOYEE ACTIONS, PAYMENTS, CONSIDER-
ATIONS, AND NOTICE.—
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 117 (2 U.S.C. 60l)
is amended in subsection (b)(4), by inserting before
the period the following: ‘‘and includes any agent of
any of the foregoing entities’’, and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) EMPLOYEE ACTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days of the ex-
haustion of all procedures authorized under sub-
section (a) or (b) or after 180 days after the filing
of a complaint in accordance with such procedures
an employee may bring a civil action in the appro-
priate United States district court against the em-
ployee’s employing authority or if employed by an in-
strumentality of Congress, against such instrumen-
tality. In any such action, the court may order such
relief as is provided under title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and section 1977A of the Re-
vised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), except that the
sum of the amount of compensatory damages award-
ed for future pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suf-
fering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoy-
ment of life, and other nonpecuniary losses and the
amount of punitive damages shall not exceed for
each complaining party $50,000 in an action against
an employing authority.
‘‘(2) TRIAL.—In an action brought under para-
graph (1)—
‘‘(A) any party may demand a trial by
jury, and
‘‘(B) the court shall not inform the jury of
the dollar limitation prescribed by paragraph
(1).
‘‘(3) FEES.—In an action brought under para-
graph (1), the court may allow the prevailing party
a reasonable attorney’s fees (including expert wit-
ness fees) as part of the costs.
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—Not later than 60 days after any
payment is made under this section for the benefit of an
aggrieved employee out of a Federal account of the House
of Representatives and on behalf of an employing author-
ity, the employing authority shall reimburse such account
with non-Federal funds. The Committee on House Admin-
istration of the House of Representatives shall determine
which account shall be used for payments to an aggrieved
employee under this section and shall issue guidelines to
ensure such reimbursement.
‘‘(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—The rights and protections
provided by this section do not prohibit the taking into
consideration of:
‘‘(1) the domicile of an individual with respect
to a position under the clerk-hire allowance of the
House of Representatives; or
‘‘(2) the political affiliation of an individual
with respect to a position under such clerk-hire al-
lowance or a position on the staff of a committee.
‘‘(f) NOTICE.—Each employing authority and instru-
mentality of Congress shall post and keep posted, in con-
spicuous places on its premises, a notice that shall be pre-
pared by the Office of Fair Employment Practices or the
instrumentality which sets forth such information as such
Office or instrumentality considers to be appropriate to
carry out this section.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
117(a)(2)(B)(i) (2 U.S.C. 60l(a)(2)(B)(i)) is amend-
ed by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except as provided in subsections (c)
through (f)’’.
TITLE III—DISABILITIES
SEC. 301. REFERENCE.
Whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a sec-
tion or other provision, the reference shall be considered
to be made to a section or other provision of the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
SEC. 302. APPLICATION TO CONGRESS.
(a) COVERAGE.—Section 509(b)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C.
12209(b)(2)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘For purposes of this section, the term ‘employee’
also includes an individual who applies for employment
and the term ‘employing authority’ also includes any agent
of the employing authority and any Member who partici-
pates in determining the terms and conditions applicable
to an employee’s employment and any agent of such Mem-
ber but with respect to the minority staff of a committee
does not include the Chairman of such committee.’’.
(b) EMPLOYEE ACTIONS, PAYMENTS, CONSIDER-
ATIONS, AND NOTICE.—
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 509 (42 U.S.C.
12209) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(4), by adding before
the period the following: ‘‘and includes any
agent of any of the foregoing entities’’, and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) EMPLOYEE ACTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days of the ex-
haustion of all procedures authorized under sub-
section (b)(2) or (c)(2) or after 180 days after the
filing of a complaint in accordance with such proce-
dures, an employee may bring a civil action in the
appropriate United States district court against the
employee’s employing authority or if employed by an
instrumentality of Congress, against such instru-
mentality. In any such action, the court may order
such relief as is provided under title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and section 1977A of the Re-
vised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), except that the
sum of the amount of compensatory damages award-
ed for future pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suf-
fering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoy-
ment of life, and other nonpecuniary losses and the
amount of punitive damages shall not exceed for
each complaining party $50,000 in an action against
an employing authority.
‘‘(2) TRIAL.—In an action brought under para-
graph (1)—
‘‘(A) any party may demand a trial by
jury, and
‘‘(B) the court shall not inform the jury of
the dollar limitation prescribed by paragraph
(1).
‘‘(3) FEES.—In an action brought under para-
graph (1), the court may allow the prevailing party
a reasonable attorney’s fees (including expert wit-
ness fees) as part of the costs.
‘‘(e) PAYMENTS.—Not later than 60 days after any
payment is made under this section for the benefit of an
aggrieved employee out of a Federal account of the House
of Representatives and on behalf of an employing author-
ity, the employing authority shall reimburse such account
with non-Federal funds. The Committee on House Admin-
istration of the House of Representatives shall determine
which account shall be used for payments to an aggrieved
employee under this section and shall issue guidelines to
ensure such reimbursement.
‘‘(f) CONSIDERATIONS.—The rights and protections
provided by this section do not prohibit the taking into
consideration of:
‘‘(1) the domicile of an individual with respect
to a position under the clerk-hire allowance of the
House of Representatives; or
‘‘(2) the political affiliation of an individual
with respect to a position under such clerk-hire al-
lowance or a position on the staff of a committee.
‘‘(g) NOTICE.—Each employing authority and instru-
mentality of Congress shall post and keep posted, in con-
spicuous places on its premises, a notice that shall be pre-
pared by the Office of Fair Employment Practices or the
instrumentality which sets forth such information as such
Office or instrumentality considers to be appropriate to
carry out this section.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
509(b)(2)(B)(i) (42 U.S.C. 12209(b)(2)(B)(i)) is
amended by inserting before the period at the end
the following: ‘‘, except as provided in subsections
(d) through (g)’’.
TITLE IV—FAMILY AND MEDICAL
LEAVE
SEC. 401. ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
(a) EMPLOYING AUTHORITY.—Section 502(a) of the
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (2 U.S.C. 60n(a))
is amended by inserting before the period the following:
‘‘, except that with respect to a position on the minority
staff of a committee, the term ‘employing authority’ does
not include the Chairman of such committee’’.
(b) REMEDY.—Subsection (c) of section 502 of the
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (2 U.S.C. 60n)
is redesignated as subsection (f) and the following is in-
serted after subsection (b):
‘‘(c) EMPLOYEE ACTION.— Within 90 days of the ex-
haustion of all procedures authorized under subsection (b),
or after 180 days after the timely filing of a complaint
in accordance with such procedures, an employee may
bring a civil action in the appropriate United States dis-
trict court against the employee’s employing authority. In
any such action, the court may order such relief, including
damages, interest, attorneys’ fees, expert witness fees, and
other costs, as may be ordered by a court under section
107.
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—Not later than 60 days after any
payment is made under this section for the benefit of an
aggrieved employee out of a Federal account of the House
of Representatives and on behalf of an employing author-
ity, the employing authority shall reimburse such account
with non-Federal funds. The Committee on House Admin-
istration of the House of Representatives shall determine
which account shall be used for payments to an aggrieved
employee under this section and shall issue guidelines to
ensure such reimbursement.
‘‘(e) INSTRUMENTALITIES OF CONGRESS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The rights and protections
under sections 102 through 105 (other than section
104(b)) shall, subject to paragraph (2), apply with
respect to the conduct of each instrumentality of the
Congress.
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF REMEDIES AND PRO-
CEDURES BY INSTRUMENTALITIES.—The chief offi-
cial of each instrumentality of the Congress shall es-
tablish remedies and procedures to protect the rights
provided for in paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The chief official
of each instrumentality of the Congress shall, after
establishing remedies and procedures for purposes of
paragraph (2), submit to the Congress a report de-
scribing the remedies and procedures it has estab-
lished to comply with paragraph (2).
‘‘(4) DEFINITION
OF
INSTRUMENTALITIES.—
For purposes of this section, instrumentalities of the
Congress include the Architect of the Capitol, the
Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Of-
fice, the General Accounting Office, the Government
Printing Office, the Office of Technology Assess-
ment, and the United States Botanic Garden and in-
cludes any agent of any of the foregoing entities.
‘‘(5) CIVIL ACTION.—Within 90 days of the ex-
haustion of all procedures authorized under para-
graph (2) or after 180 days after the filing of a
complaint in accordance with such procedures, an
employee may bring a civil action in the appropriate
United States district court against the employee’s
instrumentality. In any such action, the court may
order such relief, including damages, attorneys’ fees,
and other costs as may be ordered by a court under
section 107.
‘‘(f) NOTICE.—Each employing authority and instru-
mentality of Congress shall post and keep posted, in con-
spicuous places on its premises, a notice that shall be pre-
pared by the Office of Fair Employment Practices or the
instrumentality which sets forth such information as such
Office or instrumentality considers to be appropriate to
carry out this section.’’.
TITLE V—GUIDELINES
SEC. 501. GUIDELINES.
Any guidelines issued by any committee of the House
of Representatives to implement any provision of this Act
shall be published in the Congressional Record for a period
of at least 60 days before such implementation.