H. Res. 756 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 10, 2020. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This resolution may be cited as the 
‘‘Moving Our Democracy and Congressional Operations To-
wards Modernization Resolution’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
resolution is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—STREAMLINING AND REORGANIZING HUMAN 
RESOURCES 
Sec. 101. Centralized human resources program. 
Sec. 102. Reports on operation of Office of Diversity and Inclusion. 
Sec. 103. Examining feasibility of updating staff payroll system. 
Sec. 104. Examining feasibility of adjusting the statutory limitation on number 
of employees of Member offices. 
Sec. 105. Employee orientation and separation processes. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING ORIENTATION FOR MEMBERS-ELECT AND 
PROVIDING IMPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNI-
TIES FOR MEMBERS 
Sec. 201. Plan for providing for designated staff to prepare for operation of of-
fices of new Members-elect. 
Sec. 202. Improving the orientation experience of new Members. 
Sec. 203. Exploring the feasibility of establishing a Congressional Leadership 
Academy. 
Sec. 204. Requiring annual cybersecurity training for Members and employees. 
TITLE III—MODERNIZING AND REVITALIZING TECHNOLOGY
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Sec. 301. Reforming House Information Resources. 
Sec. 302. Providing technologies to improve constituent engagement. 
Sec. 303. Streamlined approval process for outside technology vendors. 
Sec. 304. Enabling early adoption of new technologies and applications by of-
fices. 
Sec. 305. Improving Member feedback regarding outside vendors and HIR serv-
ices. 
Sec. 306. Leveraging bulk purchasing power of the House. 
Sec. 307. Requiring Congressional Research Service to provide rapid response 
short fact sheets. 
Sec. 308. Establishing nonpartisan constituent engagement and services page 
on HouseNet. 
TITLE IV—MAKING THE HOUSE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL 
Sec. 401. Ensuring accessibility of House websites. 
Sec. 402. Close captioning of proceedings; captioning service for videos created 
by House offices. 
Sec. 403. Comprehensive review of accessibility. 
TITLE V—IMPROVING ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS AND 
PUBLICATIONS 
Sec. 501. Adopting standardized format for legislative documents. 
Sec. 502. Legislation comparison project. 
Sec. 503. Database of information on expiration of authorizations of programs. 
Sec. 504. Database of votes taken in committees. 
Sec. 505. Assignment of unique identifiers for reports filed by registered lobby-
ists. 
Sec. 506. Public availability of reports. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this resolution, the following definitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’ means 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘Clerk’’ means the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives. 
(3) The term ‘‘HIR’’ means the Office of House In-
formation Resources. 
(4) The term ‘‘Member’’ means a Member of the 
House of Representatives and a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress.
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TITLE I—STREAMLINING AND RE-
ORGANIZING 
HUMAN 
RE-
SOURCES 
SEC. 101. CENTRALIZED HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PROGRAM.— 
In order to improve recruitment and retention of a diverse 
workforce, develop best human resources practices, and take 
steps to improve competitive compensation and benefits for 
employees, the Chief Administrative Officer shall establish 
and operate a centralized human resources program to assist 
Member, committee, and leadership office staff. 
(b) FEATURES OF PROGRAM.—The program established 
under this section shall provide the following services: 
(1) Developing a centralized repository of practices 
collected from internal and external sources that have 
proven to be successful in hiring, promoting, and man-
aging staff, updated from time to time. 
(2) Improving diversity recruitment by imple-
menting and promoting best practices for actively seek-
ing out candidates of various backgrounds, experiences, 
and talents, including through outreach to under-rep-
resented colleges and universities, community colleges, 
historically black colleges and universities, and organiza-
tions for individuals with disabilities, and compiling a 
list of such candidates into the House resume portal.
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(3) Reevaluating current Member, committee, and 
leadership office employee benefits (including the evalua-
tion of the capacity and costs of the House child care 
center and student loan repayment program) and sub-
mitting to the Committee on House Administration on a 
regular and ongoing basis recommendations for additions 
or improvements to such benefits which will improve re-
cruitment and retention, exploring options such as 
telework, flex schedules, returnship programs, and 
sabbaticals. 
(4) Conducting a biennial staff survey as well as of-
fering an optional exit survey to Member, committee, 
and leadership office staff. 
(5) Making improvements to the House resume por-
tal, including making such portal into a user-friendly, 
searchable tool for Member, committee, and leadership 
offices to identify talent based on unique criteria, and in-
cluding ways to promote and publicize the existence and 
availability of such portal to internal and external users. 
(6) Providing Members-elect with information on 
the full range of services offered to their staff in an eas-
ily understandable and organized format immediately 
following the certification of their election results. 
(c) OPERATION OF PROGRAM.—
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(1) STAFF.—The Chief Administrative Officer shall 
designate an employee of the Office of the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer who shall be responsible for the oper-
ation of the program established under this section, 
using existing staff and resources of the Office. 
(2) LOCATION; AVAILABILITY
OF
SERVICES
ON-
LINE.—The program shall be located in a physical loca-
tion which is easily accessible to the offices using the re-
sources of the program, and shall provide an online por-
tal through which offices may obtain these services. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Adminis-
tration may issue regulations and take any other steps as 
may be required to carry out this section. 
SEC. 102. REPORTS ON OPERATION OF OFFICE OF DIVERSITY 
AND INCLUSION. 
In accordance with House Resolution 6 (agreed to Janu-
ary 9, 2019), the Office of Diversity and Inclusion of the 
House of Representatives shall submit the following plans 
and reports: 
(1) Not later than 60 days after the appointment 
of the Director of the Office, the Office shall submit to 
the Committee on House Administration an operational 
plan for the Office that shall include, consistent with ap-
plicable House rules, regulations, and law, a plan for ap-
pointing and establishing duties for staff of the Office
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which shall set forth a proposed maximum number of 
staff. 
(2) Not later than 90 days after submitting the 
operational plan under paragraph (1), the Office shall 
submit a diversity plan to the Committee on House Ad-
ministration for the Committee’s review and approval, 
and shall include in the plan the following: 
(A) Policies to direct and guide House employ-
ing offices to recruit, hire, train, develop, advance, 
promote, and retain a diverse workforce, consistent 
with applicable House rules, regulations, and law. 
(B) The development of a survey, in consulta-
tion with the Committee on House Administration, 
to evaluate diversity in House employing offices. 
The Office shall develop, conduct, and report the re-
sults of the survey in a bipartisan manner. 
(C) A framework for the annual diversity re-
port required under paragraph (3). 
(D) A proposal for the composition of an Advi-
sory Council that shall, as necessary, inform the 
work of the Office. 
(E) Any additional components as determined 
by the Committee on House Administration. 
(3) At the end of each session of Congress, the Of-
fice shall submit a House of Representatives diversity re-
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port to the Speaker, the Majority Leader and Minority 
Leader, the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on House Administration, and the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on the 
Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations. 
The Office shall ensure that the contents of each such 
report are presented in a bipartisan manner. 
SEC. 103. EXAMINING FEASIBILITY OF UPDATING STAFF PAY-
ROLL SYSTEM. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of adoption of this resolution, the Chief Administrative 
Officer shall submit to the Committee on House Administra-
tion a report on the feasibility of updating the employee pay-
roll system in order to address considerations of younger and 
lower-paid employees, as well as issues experienced generally 
by some employees regarding the current monthly pay sched-
ule. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) The results of any employee surveys regarding 
the desirability of changing the employee payroll system 
or providing both a monthly or bimonthly system. The 
report shall present such results in a bipartisan manner. 
(2) An analysis of any costs associated with making 
changes to the current employee payroll system, includ-
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ing providing additional options for the schedule of pay-
ments. 
(3) An analysis of any impediments or concerns 
with making any changes to the current staff payroll 
system. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Adminis-
tration may issue regulations to carry out any recommenda-
tions made in the report required under subsection (a) or 
take any other steps as may be required to carry out this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 104. EXAMINING FEASIBILITY OF ADJUSTING THE STATU-
TORY LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OF 
MEMBER OFFICES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Chief Administrative Officer 
shall enter into a contract with an outside entity under which 
the entity shall work with the Chief Administrative Officer to 
prepare and submit a report examining the feasibility of ad-
justing the statutory limitation established in 1975 on the 
number of employees who may be employed in the office of 
a Member. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report described in 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Information regarding the size and demographic 
makeup of each congressional district, including the 
number and coverage area of each district office.
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(2) The average number of employees for each dis-
trict office, including common tasks by position. 
(3) Recommendations regarding the optimal num-
ber of employees in both offices located in House office 
buildings and district offices to address common office 
workflows and constituent requests, including changes in 
technology that have occurred recently and are expected 
to occur in the near future that would have an effect on 
such number. 
(4) Recommendations regarding employee salaries 
and costs, including recommendations for necessary 
changes to the Members’ Representational Allowance 
that would be necessary to carry out such recommenda-
tions. 
(c) DEADLINES.— 
(1) PROVISION OF DRAFT SOLICITATION FOR CON-
TRACT.—Not later than 60 days after the date of adop-
tion of this resolution, the Chief Administrative Officer 
shall provide a draft of the solicitation for the contract 
described in subsection (a) to the Committee of House 
Administration. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Under the contract 
entered into pursuant to this section, the entity shall 
submit the report not later than 180 days after the sign-
ing of the contract.
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SEC. 105. EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION AND SEPARATION PROC-
ESSES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCESSES.—The Committee 
on House Administration shall design and implement— 
(1) a comprehensive and uniform orientation proc-
ess for new employees (including interns) of the House 
to complete within a designated period of time after ap-
pointment; and 
(2) a comprehensive and uniform separation process 
for employees (including interns) of the House to com-
plete within a designated period of time prior to termi-
nation. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The processes under subsection (a) 
shall apply only to employees and interns who have access to 
the House Network. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Adminis-
tration may issue regulations or take any other steps as may 
be required to carry out this section.
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TITLE 
II—IMPROVING 
ORIENTA-
TION 
FOR 
MEMBERS-ELECT 
AND 
PROVIDING 
IMPROVED 
CONTINUING 
EDUCATION 
OP-
PORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS 
SEC. 201. PLAN FOR PROVIDING FOR DESIGNATED STAFF TO 
PREPARE FOR OPERATION OF OFFICES OF NEW 
MEMBERS-ELECT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Administra-
tive Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on House 
Administration that contains a detailed plan for establishing 
a program under which, upon the recommendation of an indi-
vidual by a Member-elect (other than a Member elected to fill 
a vacancy), the Chief Administrative Officer shall appoint the 
individual for a limited period of time to assist such Member- 
elect with administrative and other responsibilities pertaining 
to the preparation of the Member’s congressional office for 
operation, and shall include in the plan a timetable for imple-
mentation, an estimate of expected costs, and the identifica-
tion of any statutory or regulatory obstacles to the implemen-
tation of such a program. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Adminis-
tration may issue regulations to carry out any recommenda-
tions made in the report required under subsection (a) or
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take any other steps as may be required to carry out this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 202. IMPROVING THE ORIENTATION EXPERIENCE OF NEW 
MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In providing orientation services for 
new Members, including in-person courses and sessions, the 
Committee on House Administration shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The Committee shall work to ensure that ori-
entation services are made available to all new Members, 
including Members elected in a special election during a 
Congress. 
(2) The Committee shall work to ensure that 
courses on the Rules of the House, decorum and debate, 
and other such courses on practices to promote civility 
and respect are made available to Members. 
(3) The Committee shall work to ensure that 
archived audio and visual recordings of orientation ses-
sions are made available for reference. 
(4) The Committee shall work to provide a range of 
House training programs and support services, including 
courses to promote civility and encourage decorum, for 
new Members and the senior staff of new Members 
throughout the Members’ first term.
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(5) To the extent the Committee considers appro-
priate, the Committee shall examine the feasibility of 
providing a ‘‘just in time’’ approach to orientation ses-
sions under which information is provided at the time at 
which it will be most useful to the Members. 
(b) PROVIDING SERVICES IN NONPARTISAN MANNER.— 
To the greatest extent practicable, the Committee on House 
Administration shall ensure that the orientation services pro-
vided to new Members, including in-person courses and ses-
sions, are provided in a nonpartisan manner. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Adminis-
tration may issue regulations or take any other steps as may 
be required to carry out this section. 
SEC. 203. EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A 
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 
(a) SURVEY OF MEMBERS.—The Chief Administrative 
Officer shall conduct a survey of Members to determine the 
level of interest in establishing a Congressional Leadership 
Academy to provide online and in-person continuing edu-
cation opportunities that will promote professional develop-
ment and institutional training, including the feasibility of 
setting up a pilot program to establish such an Academy. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer shall submit a report to the Committee on House Admin-
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istration on the results of the survey conducted under sub-
section (a), and shall include in the estimates of costs of es-
tablishing and operating a Congressional Leadership Acad-
emy as well as any impediments to establishing such an 
Academy, including impediments relating to technology, secu-
rity, or content. 
SEC. 204. REQUIRING ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY TRAINING FOR 
MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINING.—The Chief Adminis-
trative Officer shall carry out a cybersecurity training pro-
gram under which each individual who has access to the 
House Network (including each Member, officer, employee, 
intern, and vendor of the House) annually receives an appro-
priate amount of cybersecurity training. 
(b) DEADLINES FOR INDIVIDUALS NOT HAVING PRIOR 
ACCESS
TO NETWORK.—An individual described in sub-
section (a) who has not previously had access to the House 
Network shall complete the cybersecurity training program 
under such subsection not later than 30 days after the indi-
vidual first has access to the House Network. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Adminis-
tration may issue regulations or take any other steps as may 
be required to carry out this section.