I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4155 
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to require employing 
offices under such Act to enroll the employees of such offices every 
two years in the program carried out by the Office of Compliance 
to train employees in the protections against sexual harassment provided 
under the Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2017 
Mrs. LAWRENCE (for herself, Ms. BASS, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Mr. CLAY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
ELLISON, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. MAXINE 
WATERS of California, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. WAT-
SON COLEMAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. WILSON 
of Florida, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Ms. 
CLARKE of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to 
require employing offices under such Act to enroll the 
employees of such offices every two years in the program 
carried out by the Office of Compliance to train employ-
ees in the protections against sexual harassment provided 
under the Act, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Congressional Sexual 
Harassment Training Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING EMPLOYING OFFICES UNDER CON-
GRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995 
TO ENROLL EMPLOYEES IN OFFICE OF COM-
PLIANCE PROGRAMS ON SEXUAL HARASS-
MENT. 
(a) MANDATORY ENROLLMENT IN PROGRAMS.—Part 
E of title II of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 226. MANDATORY ENROLLMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS ON SEX-
UAL HARASSMENT. 
‘‘(a) BIENNIAL TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES OF EM-
PLOYING OFFICES.—Each employing office shall ensure 
that each covered employee of the employing office enrolls 
every two years in the program of education carried out 
by the Office of Compliance under section 301(h) to in-
form covered employees of the rights provided under this 
Act against sexual harassment. 
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‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL INITIAL TRAINING.—In addition to 
the biennial enrollment required under subsection (a), 
each employing office shall ensure that each covered em-
ployee of the employing office enrolls in the program de-
scribed in subsection (a) not later than— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a covered employee who is 
a covered employee of the employing office as of the 
date of the enactment of this section, 90 days after 
such date; or 
‘‘(2) in the case of a covered employee who first 
becomes a covered employee of the employing office 
after the date of the enactment of this section, 60 
days after first becoming a covered employee of the 
employing office. 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION OF APPLICANTS AND FORMER EM-
PLOYEES.—In this section, the term ‘covered employee’ 
with respect to an employing office does not include an 
applicant for employment or a former employee.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items 
relating to part E of title II the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 226. Mandatory enrollment of employees in Office of Compliance pro-
grams on sexual harassment.’’. 
Æ 
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