II 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1213 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 9, 2015 
Received 
AN ACT 
To make administrative and technical corrections to the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Office of Compliance 
Administrative and Technical Corrections Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. PROCEDURES FOR MEDIATION AND HEARINGS 
UNDER CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY 
ACT OF 1995. 
(a) REQUIRING MEDIATORS TO BE APPOINTED 
FROM MASTER LIST.—Section 403 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1403) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘after con-
sidering recommendations by organizations com-
posed primarily of individuals experienced in adjudi-
cating or arbitrating personnel matters’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘from the master list developed and maintained 
under subsection (e)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) MASTER LIST OF MEDIATORS.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT
AND
MAINTENANCE
OF 
MASTER LIST.—The Executive Director shall develop 
and maintain a master list of individuals who are ex-
perienced in adjudicating, arbitrating, or mediating 
the kinds of personnel and other matters for which 
mediation may be held under this section. Such list 
may include, but not be limited to, members of the 
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bar of a State or the District of Columbia and re-
tired judges of the United States courts. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION OF CANDIDATES.—In de-
veloping the master list under this subsection, the 
Executive Director shall consider candidates rec-
ommended by the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service or the Administrative Conference of the 
United States.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF DEADLINE TO ELECT PRO-
CEEDINGS AFTER END OF PERIOD OF MEDIATION.—Sec-
tion 404 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1404) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Not later than 90 days after a covered employee re-
ceives notice of the end of the period of mediation, but 
no sooner than 30 days after receipt of such notification, 
such covered employee’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 90 
days, but not sooner than 30 days, after the end of the 
period of mediation, a covered employee’’. 
(c) NOTIFICATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) MEDIATIONS.—Section 416(b) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 1416(b)) is amended by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, and 
the Executive Director shall notify each person par-
ticipating in the mediation of the confidentiality re-
quirement and of the sanctions applicable to any 
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person who violates the confidentiality require-
ment.’’. 
(2) HEARINGS AND DELIBERATIONS.—Section 
416(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1416(c)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Executive 
Director shall notify each person participating in a 
proceeding or deliberation to which this subsection 
applies of the requirements of this subsection and of 
the sanctions applicable to any person who violates 
the requirements of this subsection.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to mediations and 
other proceedings which are first initiated after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL TERM FOR MEMBERS OF BOARD OF 
DIRECTORS OF OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE. 
Notwithstanding section 301(e)(1) of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(e)(1)), 
any individual serving as a member of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Office of Compliance as of February 28, 2015, 
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may be appointed to serve for one additional term of 2 
years. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 4, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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