I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4705 
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to require the auto-
matic referral to the congressional ethics committees of the disposition 
of any allegation that an employing office of the House of Representa-
tives or Senate violated part A of title II of such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 20, 2017 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to 
require the automatic referral to the congressional ethics 
committees of the disposition of any allegation that an 
employing office of the House of Representatives or Sen-
ate violated part A of title II of such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Me Too Congressional 
Ethics Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC REFERRAL TO CONGRESSIONAL ETH-
ICS COMMITTEES OF DISPOSITION OF ALLE-
GATIONS 
OF 
VIOLATIONS 
OF 
CONGRES-
SIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995 IN-
VOLVING CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES. 
(a) AUTOMATIC REFERRAL.—Section 416(e) of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1416(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) AUTOMATIC REFERRALS
TO CONGRESSIONAL 
ETHICS COMMITTEES OF DISPOSITIONS OF ALLEGATIONS 
INVOLVING EMPLOYING OFFICES OF HOUSE OR SEN-
ATE.— 
‘‘(1) REFERRAL.—Upon the final disposition 
under this title of an allegation that an employing 
office of the House of Representatives or an employ-
ing office of the Senate has committed a violation of 
part A of title II, the Executive Director shall refer 
the allegation to— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Ethics of the 
House of Representatives, in the case of an em-
ploying office of the House; or 
‘‘(B) the Select Committee on Ethics of 
the Senate, in the case of an employing office 
of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS
TO
RECORDS
AND
INFORMA-
TION.—If the Executive Director refers an allegation 
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to a Committee under paragraph (1), the Executive 
Director shall provide the Committee with access to 
the records of any hearings or decisions of the hear-
ing officers and the Board under this title, and any 
information relating to an award or settlement paid, 
in response to such allegation. 
‘‘(3) PERMITTING
COVERED
EMPLOYEE
TO 
WAIVE REFERRAL.—At the request of the covered 
employee filing an allegation described in paragraph 
(1), the Executive Director shall waive paragraph 
(1) or paragraph (2) with respect to the allegation 
or the records and information in response to the al-
legation. 
‘‘(4) FINAL DISPOSITION DESCRIBED.—In this 
subsection, the ‘final disposition’ of an allegation 
means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) The payment of an award or settle-
ment. 
‘‘(B) A final decision of a hearing officer 
under section 405(g). 
‘‘(C) A final decision of the Board under 
section 406(e). 
‘‘(D) A final decision in a civil action 
under section 408.’’. 
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(b) ACTIONS BY CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS COMMIT-
TEES.— 
(1) MANDATORY
INITIATION
OF
INVESTIGA-
TION.—If the Executive Director of the Board of 
Compliance refers an allegation to the Committee on 
Ethics of the House of Representatives or the Select 
Committee on Ethics of the Senate under section 
415(d) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (as amended by subsection (a)), such Com-
mittee shall promptly initiate an investigation into 
the allegation and take such actions in response to 
the investigation as may be appropriate. 
(2) PROTECTION OF IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUALS 
MAKING ALLEGATIONS.—If a Committee to which an 
allegation is referred under paragraph (1) issues a 
report with respect to the allegation, the Committee 
shall ensure that the report does not disclose the 
identity of the individual who made the allegation. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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