IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 250 
Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of Representatives 
to complete a program of emergency preparedness training during each 
Congress, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2021 
Mr. NORMAN (for himself and Mr. LOUDERMILK) 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 emergency 
preparedness training during each Congress, and for 
other purposes. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. MANDATORY COMPLETION OF PROGRAM OF 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAINING. 
(a) REQUIRING TRAINING FOR ALL MEMBERS, OFFI-
CERS, AND EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the adoption of this resolution, the 
Committee on House Administration shall issue reg-
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ulations to require each Member (including each 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con-
gress), officer, and employee of the House of Rep-
resentatives to complete a program of emergency 
preparedness training during each Congress. 
(2) INCLUSION
OF
INTERNS, FELLOWS, AND 
DETAILEES.—For purposes of this resolution, an in-
dividual serving in an office of the House of Rep-
resentatives as an intern (including an unpaid in-
tern), a participant in a fellowship program, or a 
detailee from another office of the Federal govern-
ment shall be considered an employee of the House. 
(b) COMPONENTS OF TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The program required under 
this section shall include each of the following: 
(A) Training in the use of emergency 
equipment, including escape hoods. 
(B) Reviewing protective actions, emer-
gency notifications, and office-level emergency 
preparedness. 
(C) Reviewing safe haven protocols, except 
that the program may not reveal to any individ-
uals, other than Members, personnel of the 
Capitol Police, personnel of the Office of the 
Sergeant-at-Arms, and other personnel des-
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ignated by the Sergeant-at-Arms, any safe 
haven locations established for Members. 
(2) APPROPRIATENESS OF TRAINING BASED ON 
LOCATION OF OFFICE.—The program required under 
this section shall provide training for employees of 
an office which is appropriate for the needs of the 
office, taking into account whether the office is lo-
cated in a House office building or in a Congres-
sional district office. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF REMOTE TRAINING.—The pro-
gram required under this section shall be provided re-
motely and no individual shall be required to receive train-
ing under the program in person, except that an individual 
may, at the individual’s option, receive training under the 
program in person beginning with the second session of 
the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress or (if earlier) be-
ginning at such time as the Chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on House Administration deter-
mine that the program may be provided safely in person. 
(d) USE OF EXISTING HOUSE RESOURCES.—To the 
greatest extent practicable, the program required under 
this section shall be carried out by the Office of the Ser-
geant-at-Arms, in consultation with the United States 
Capitol Police, through the use of existing resources, in-
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cluding video recording and programming, of the House 
of Representatives. 
(e) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF TRAINING.— 
Under the regulations issued by the Committee on House 
Administration under subsection (a), an individual shall 
complete the program of training required under sub-
section (a), and a certificate of completion of such training 
shall be added to the individual’s training record under 
the Congressional Staff Academy, not later than— 
(1) in the case of an individual who is serving 
as a Member, officer, or employee of the House as 
of the first day of the first session of Congress, not 
later than December 31 of the year in which the ses-
sion begins; or 
(2) in the case of any other individual, not later 
than 60 days after the individual first becomes a 
Member, officer, or employee of the House during 
the session. 
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