IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 548 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the mandatory 
annual ethics training offered to Members, officers, and employees of 
the House to include a specific program of training in the prevention 
and deterrence of sexual harassment in employment, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2014 
Ms. SPEIER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
require the mandatory annual ethics training offered to 
Members, officers, and employees of the House to include 
a specific program of training in the prevention and 
deterrence of sexual harassment in employment, and for 
other purposes. 
Resolved, 
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•HRES 548 IH 
SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF PROGRAM OF TRAINING IN PRE-
VENTION AND DETERRENCE OF SEXUAL HAR-
ASSMENT IN EMPLOYMENT AS PART OF AN-
NUAL MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING FOR 
HOUSE MEMBERS AND STAFF. 
(a) INCLUSION OF PROGRAM.—Clause 3(a)(6) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subdivision (A)(ii), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, together 
with a specific program of training in the prevention 
and deterrence of sexual harassment in employment 
(as described in subdivision (B)).’’; 
(2) by redesignating subdivision (B) as subdivi-
sion (C); and 
(3) by inserting after subdivision (A) the fol-
lowing new subdivision: 
‘‘(B)(i) The program of training in the 
prevention and deterrence of sexual harassment 
in the workplace under this subdivision is a pro-
gram which provides information and practical 
guidance regarding any applicable Federal and 
State laws concerning the prohibition against 
and the prevention and correction of sexual har-
assment and the remedies available to victims 
of sexual harassment in employment. The pro-
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•HRES 548 IH 
gram shall also include practical examples 
aimed at instructing supervisors in the preven-
tion of harassment, discrimination, and retalia-
tion, and shall be presented by individuals with 
knowledge and expertise in the prevention of 
harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. 
‘‘(ii) The program under this subdivision shall 
provide at least one hour of training, except that in 
the case of the training provided to a new officer or 
employee of the House under subdivision (B)(i), the 
program shall under this subdivision shall provide at 
least two hours of training. 
‘‘(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, ‘sex-
ual harassment’ means any conduct directed at an 
individual which consists of unwelcome sexual ad-
vances, requests for sexual favors, or any other con-
duct of a sexual nature, if submission by the indi-
vidual to such conduct is made either explicitly or 
implicitly a term or condition of the individual’s em-
ployment, submission to or rejection of such conduct 
by the individual is used as the basis for employment 
decisions affecting the individual, or such conduct 
has the purpose or effect of interfering with the indi-
vidual’s work performance or creating an intimi-
dating, hostile, or offensive working environment.’’. 
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•HRES 548 IH 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect upon the expiration of the 
60-day period which begins on the date of the adoption 
of this resolution. 
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