the case of an award or settlement resulting from a 
violation described in section 415(d)(1)(B) which 
was committed personally by a Member or former 
Member of Congress), whether the Member or 
former Member is in compliance with the require-
ment of section 415(d) to reimburse the account for 
the amount of the award or settlement. 
‘‘(2) PROTECTION
OF
IDENTITY
OF
INDIVID-
UALS RECEIVING AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—In 
preparing and submitting the reports required under 
paragraph (1), the Office shall ensure that the iden-
tity or position of any individual who received an 
award or settlement, or who made an allegation of 
a violation against an employing office, is not dis-
closed.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to 2018 
and each succeeding year. 
(b) REPORT ON AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY PAID.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of 
Compliance shall submit to Congress and make 
available to the public on the Office’s public website 
a report on all payments made with public funds 
prior to the date of the enactment of this Act for
awards and settlements in connection with violations 
of section 201(a)(1) of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995, and shall include in the report 
the following information: 
(A) The amount paid for each such award 
or settlement. 
(B) The source of the public funds used 
for the award or settlement, without regard to 
whether the funds were paid from the account 
described in section 415(a) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 1415(a)), an account of the House of 
Representatives or Senate, or any other account 
of the Federal Government. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING IDEN-
TIFICATION OF HOUSE AND SENATE ACCOUNTS.— 
Nothing in paragraph (1)(B) may be construed to 
require or permit the Office to report the account of 
any specific office of the House of Representatives 
or Senate as the source of funds used for an award 
or settlement. 
SEC. 202. WORKPLACE CLIMATE SURVEYS OF EMPLOYING 
OFFICES. 
(a) REQUIRING SURVEYS.—Title III (2 U.S.C. 1381 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section:
‘‘SEC. 307. WORKPLACE CLIMATE SURVEYS OF EMPLOYING 
OFFICES. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT SURVEYS.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
section, and every 2 years thereafter, the Office shall con-
duct a survey of employing offices under this Act regard-
ing the workplace environment of such offices. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON SEX-
UAL HARASSMENT.—In each survey conducted under this 
section, the Office shall survey respondents on attitudes 
regarding sexual harassment. 
‘‘(c) METHODOLOGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall conduct 
each survey under this section in accordance with 
methodologies established by the Office. 
‘‘(2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Under the meth-
odologies established under paragraph (1), all re-
sponses to all portions of the survey shall be anony-
mous and confidential, and each respondent shall be 
told throughout the survey that all responses shall 
be anonymous and confidential. 
‘‘(d) USE OF RESULTS OF SURVEYS.—The Office 
shall furnish the information obtained from the surveys 
conducted under this section to the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATION WITH COMMITTEES.—The Of-
fice shall carry out this section, including establishment 
of methodologies and procedures under subsection (c), in 
consultation with the Committee on House Administration 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(f) INCLUSION OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—For 
purposes of this section, the Library of Congress shall be 
considered an employing office.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to 
title III the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 307. Workplace climate surveys of employing offices.’’. 
SEC. 203. RECORD RETENTION. 
Section 301 (2 U.S.C. 1381), as amended by section 
201(a), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(m) RECORD RETENTION.—The Office shall estab-
lish and maintain a program for the permanent retention 
of its records, including the records of investigations, me-
diations, hearings, and other proceedings conducted under 
title IV.’’.
SEC. 204. GAO STUDY OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study of the management practices 
of the Office of Compliance. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the study conducted under subsection 
(a), and shall include in the report such recommendations 
as the Comptroller General considers appropriate for im-
provements to the management practices of the Office of 
Compliance. 
SEC. 205. GAO AUDIT OF CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) AUDIT.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an audit of the cybersecurity systems 
and practices of the Office of Compliance. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the audit conducted under subsection 
(a), and shall include in the report such recommendations 
as the Comptroller General considers appropriate for im-
provements to the cybersecurity systems and practices of 
the Office of Compliance.
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
REFORMS 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION TO UNPAID STAFF OF RIGHTS AND 
PROTECTIONS AGAINST EMPLOYMENT DIS-
CRIMINATION. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 201 (2 U.S.C. 1311) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION TO UNPAID STAFF.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to any staff of an employing 
office who carry out official duties of the employing 
office but who are not paid by the employing office 
for carrying out such duties, including an intern (in-
cluding an applicant for an internship and a former 
intern), an individual detailed to an employing office, 
and an individual participating in a fellowship pro-
gram, in the same manner and to the same extent 
as such subsections apply with respect to an em-
ployee. 
‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
paragraph (1) may be construed to extend liability
for a violation of subsection (a) to an employing of-
fice on the basis of an action taken by any person 
who is not under the supervision or control of the 
employing office. 
‘‘(3) INTERN
DEFINED.—The term ‘intern’ 
means an individual who performs service for an em-
ploying office which is uncompensated by the United 
States to earn credit awarded by an educational in-
stitution or to learn a trade or occupation, and in-
cludes any individual participating in a page pro-
gram operated by any House of Congress.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATING TO OFFICE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR DISBURSEMENT OF PAY TO HOUSE 
EMPLOYEES.—Section 101(7) (2 U.S.C. 1301(7)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘disbursed by the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives’’. 
SEC. 302. COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES OF LIBRARY OF CON-
GRESS. 
(a) COVERAGE
FOR PURPOSES
OF PROTECTIONS 
AGAINST WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION.—Section 201 (2 
U.S.C. 1311), as amended by section 301(a), is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) COVERAGE OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—For 
purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the Library of Congress shall be consid-
ered an employing office; and 
‘‘(2) the employees of the Library of Congress 
shall be considered covered employees.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
ALTERNATIVE
GRIEVANCE 
PROCEDURES.—Section 401 (2 U.S.C. 1401), as amended 
by section 101(a), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.— 
In the case of an employee of the Library of Congress, 
the employee may use the alternative grievance procedures 
of the Library of Congress instead of the procedures under 
this title for consideration and resolution of an alleged vio-
lation of part A of title II, except that if the employee 
files a claim as provided in section 402 with respect to 
the alleged violation, the employee may not use any of 
such alternative grievance procedures for consideration 
and resolution of the alleged violation.’’.
(c) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.—Section 717(a) 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e– 
16(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Smithsonian Institu-
tion’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Library of Con-
gress’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Smithsonian In-
stitution, and in the Government Publishing Office 
and the Government Accountability Office’’. 
(2) AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 
OF 1967.—Section 15 of the Age Discrimination in 
Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Smith-
sonian Institution’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘Library of Congress’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Smithsonian Institution, and in the 
Government Publishing Office and the Govern-
ment Accountability Office’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking the last 
sentence. 
(3) AMERICANS
WITH
DISABILITIES
ACT
OF 
1990.—Section 510 of the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12209) is amended— 
(A) by amending the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) to read as follows: ‘‘The Govern-
ment Accountability Office and the Government 
Publishing Office shall be covered as follows:’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘means 
the following’’ and all that follows and inserting 
the following: ‘‘means the following: the Govern-
ment Accountability Office and the Government 
Publishing Office.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to claims al-
leging violations of part A of title II of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 which are first 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) TREATMENT OF PENDING CLAIMS UNDER 
EXISTING PROCEDURES.—If, as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, an employee of the Library 
of Congress has or could have filed a charge or com-
plaint pursuant to procedures of the Library of Con-
gress which were available to the employee prior to 
such date for the resolution of a claim alleging a vio-
lation of a provision of law made applicable to the 
Library under section 201(a) of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (including procedures ap-
plicable pursuant to a collective bargaining agree-
ment), the employee may complete, or initiate and 
complete, all such procedures, and such procedures 
shall remain in effect with respect to, and provide 
the exclusive procedures for, that charge or com-
plaint until the completion of all such procedures. 
SEC. 303. CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES 
OF HELSINKI AND CHINA COMMISSIONS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE.—Section 101 (2 
U.S.C. 1301) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Except as otherwise’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES 
OF CERTAIN COMMISSIONS.— 
‘‘(1) COVERAGE.—With respect to the China 
Review Commission, the Congressional-Executive 
China Commission, and the Helsinki Commission— 
‘‘(A) any individual who is an employee of 
such Commission shall be considered a covered 
employee for purposes of this Act; and 
‘‘(B) the Commission shall be considered 
an employing office for purposes of this Act.
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSIST-
ANCE AND REPRESENTATION.—Subject to paragraph 
(3), legal assistance and representation under this 
Act, including assistance and representation with re-
spect to the proposal or acceptance of the disposition 
of a claim under this Act, shall be provided to the 
China Review Commission, the Congressional-Execu-
tive China Commission, and the Helsinki Commis-
sion— 
‘‘(A) by the House Employment Counsel of 
the House of Representatives, in the case of as-
sistance and representation in connection with a 
claim filed under title IV (including all subse-
quent proceedings under such title in connec-
tion with the claim) at a time when the chair 
of the Commission is a Member of the House; 
or 
‘‘(B) by the Senate Chief Counsel for Em-
ployment of the Senate, in the case of assist-
ance and representation in connection with a 
claim filed under title IV (including all subse-
quent proceedings under such title in connec-
tion with the claim) at a time when the chair 
of the Commission is a Senator. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘China Review Commission’ 
means the United States-China Economic and 
Security Review Commission established under 
section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National 
Defense Authorization Act of 2001 (Public Law 
106–398; 22 U.S.C. 7002); 
‘‘(B) the term ‘Congressional-Executive 
China Commission’ means the Congressional- 
Executive Commission on the People’s Republic 
of China established under title III of the U.S.– 
China Relations Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 
286; 22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.); and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘Helsinki Commission’ 
means the Commission on Security and Co-
operation in Europe established under the Act 
entitled ‘An Act to establish a Commission on 
Security and Cooperation in Europe’ (Public 
Law 94–304; 22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).’’. 
(b) COVERAGE OF STENNIS CENTER.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES AS COVERED 
EMPLOYEES.—Section 101(3) (2 U.S.C. 1301(3)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (H);
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (I) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(J) the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Training and Development.’’. 
(2) TREATMENT OF CENTER AS EMPLOYING OF-
FICE.—Section 101(9)(D) (2 U.S.C. 1301(9)(D)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and the Office of Technology 
Assessment’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the Office 
of Technology Assessment, and the John C. Stennis 
Center for Public Service Training and Develop-
ment’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. 
SEC. 304. TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF 
OTHER EMPLOYING OFFICES. 
(a) REQUIRING OFFICES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLE-
MENT PROGRAMS.—Title V (2 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 509 as section 510; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 508 the following 
new section:
‘‘SEC. 509. TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF EM-
PLOYING OFFICES. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRING OFFICES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLE-
MENT PROGRAMS.—Each employing office shall develop 
and implement a program to train and educate covered 
employees of the office in the rights and protections pro-
vided under this Act, including the procedures available 
under title IV to consider alleged violations of this Act. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO COMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 
after the beginning of each Congress (beginning with 
the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress), each employ-
ing office shall submit a report to the Committee on 
House Administration of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate on the implementation of the pro-
gram required under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR FIRST REPORT.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Re-
form Act, each employing office shall submit the re-
port described in paragraph (1) to the Committees 
described in such paragraph. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR OFFICES OF CONGRESS.—This 
section does not apply to an employing office of the House 
of Representatives or an employing office of the Senate.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the item relating to section 
509 as relating to section 510; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 508 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 509. Training and education programs of employing offices.’’. 
SEC. 305. RENAMING OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE AS OFFICE 
OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS. 
(a) RENAMING.—Section 301 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OFFICE OF 
COMPLIANCE’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICE OF CON-
GRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Office of 
Compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Congressional 
Workplace Rights’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CONGRESSIONAL 
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.—The Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995 is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 101(1) (2 U.S.C. 1301(1)), by 
striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘Of-
fice of Congressional Workplace Rights’’.
(2) In section 101(2) (2 U.S.C. 1301(2)), by 
striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘Of-
fice of Congressional Workplace Rights’’. 
(3) 
In 
section 
101(3)(H) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
1301(3)(H)), by striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Office of Congressional Workplace 
Rights’’. 
(4) 
In 
section 
101(9)(D) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
1301(9)(D)), by striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘Office 
of 
Congressional 
Workplace 
Rights’’. 
(5) In section 101(10) (2 U.S.C. 1301(10)), by 
striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘Of-
fice of Congressional Workplace Rights’’. 
(6) In section 101(11) (2 U.S.C. 1301(11)), by 
striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘Of-
fice of Congressional Workplace Rights’’. 
(7) In section 101(12) (2 U.S.C. 1301(12)), by 
striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘Of-
fice of Congressional Workplace Rights’’. 
(8) In section 210(a)(9) (2 U.S.C. 1331(a)(9)), 
by striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and inserting 
‘‘Office of Congressional Workplace Rights’’.
(9) In section 215(e)(1) (2 U.S.C. 1341(e)(1)), 
by striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and inserting 
‘‘Office of Congressional Workplace Rights’’. 
(10) 
In 
section 
220(e)(2)(G) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
1351(e)(2)(G)), by striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Office of Congressional Workplace 
Rights’’. 
(11) In the heading of title III, by striking 
‘‘OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE’’ and inserting 
‘‘OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORK-
PLACE RIGHTS’’. 
(12) 
In 
section 
304(c)(4) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
1384(c)(4)), by striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘Office 
of 
Congressional 
Workplace 
Rights’’. 
(13) 
In 
section 
304(c)(5) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
1384(c)(5)), by striking ‘‘Office of Compliance’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘Office 
of 
Congressional 
Workplace 
Rights’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
is amended— 
(1) by amending the item relating to the head-
ing of title III to read as follows: 
‘‘TITLE III—OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS’’; 
and
(2) by amending the item relating to section 
301 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 301. Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.’’. 
(d) REFERENCES
IN OTHER LAWS, RULES, AND 
REGULATIONS.—Any reference to the Office of Compli-
ance in any law, rule, regulation, or other official paper 
in effect as of the effective date of this Act shall be consid-
ered to refer and apply to the Office of Congressional 
Workplace Rights. 
TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided, this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take ef-
fect upon the expiration of the 180-day period which be-
gins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) NO EFFECT ON PENDING PROCEEDINGS.—Noth-
ing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act may 
be construed to affect any proceeding under title IV of 
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 which is 
pending as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 6, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4924 
AN ACT 
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 to reform the procedures provided under 
such Act for the initiation, investigation, and res-
olution of claims alleging that employing offices 
of the legislative branch have violated the rights 
and protections provided to their employees 
under such Act, including protections against 
sexual harassment, and for other purposes.