IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 604 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each Member, 
officer, and employee of the House to complete the program of sexual 
harassment prevention and response training in employment which is 
offered by the Office of Compliance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2017 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. POLIQUIN, and 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ethics, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
require each Member, officer, and employee of the House 
to complete the program of sexual harassment prevention 
and response training in employment which is offered 
by the Office of Compliance, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional 
Education About Sexual harassment Eradication Resolu-
tion’’ or the ‘‘CEASE Resolution’’. 
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SEC. 2. MANDATORY COMPLETION BY ALL HOUSE MEM-
BERS AND STAFF OF OFFICE OF COMPLI-
ANCE PROGRAM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT 
PREVENTION AND RESPONSE TRAINING IN 
EMPLOYMENT. 
(a) 
MANDATORY
COMPLETION
AND
CERTIFI-
CATION.—Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clause 18 as clause 19; 
and 
(2) by inserting after clause 17 the following 
new clause: 
‘‘18.(a) Each Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, and employee of the House shall annually 
complete the program of sexual harassment prevention 
and response training in employment which is offered by 
the Office of Compliance. 
‘‘(b) Not later than January 31 of each year, each 
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, and 
employee of the House shall file a certification with the 
Committee on Ethics that the individual completed the 
program required under this clause in the previous year. 
‘‘(c) A new Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House shall complete 
the program required under this clause, and shall file a 
certification with the Committee on Ethics that the indi-
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vidual completed the program, not later than 60 days after 
beginning service to the House. 
‘‘(d) For purposes of this clause, ‘sexual harassment’ 
means any conduct directed at an individual which con-
sists of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual fa-
vors, any other conduct of a sexual nature, or conduct 
based on the individual’s sex if such conduct has the pur-
pose or effect of interfering with the individual’s work per-
formance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive 
working environment, or if submission to or rejection of 
such conduct by the individual is used as the basis for 
employment decisions affecting the individual, or if sub-
mission by the individual to such conduct is made either 
explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of the individ-
ual’s employment.’’. 
(b) REQUIRING IMMEDIATE COMPLETION OF PRO-
GRAM FOR CURRENT MEMBERS AND STAFF.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each individual who as of 
the date of the adoption of this resolution is serving 
as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
of the House of Representatives, or serving as an of-
ficer or employee of the House, shall— 
(A) complete the program of sexual harass-
ment prevention and response training in em-
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ployment which is offered by the Office of Com-
pliance; and 
(B) file a certification with the Committee 
on Ethics that the individual completed the pro-
gram. 
(2) VIOLATION OF CODE OF CONDUCT.—The 
failure of an individual to meet the requirement of 
paragraph (1) shall be considered a violation of rule 
XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
(relating to the Code of Conduct for Members, offi-
cers, and employees of the House). 
(3) DEADLINE.—An individual shall meet the 
requirement of paragraph (1) not later than the ear-
lier of— 
(A) 120 days after the date of the adoption 
of this resolution; or 
(B) December 31, 2018. 
(4) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘officer or employee of the House’’ 
has the meaning given such term in clause 19 of 
rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives (as redesignated by subsection (a)). 
(c) SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING UPDATES TO 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.— 
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(1) UPDATES.—It is the sense of the House of 
Representatives that, not later than 180 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Office 
of Compliance should update the program of sexual 
harassment prevention and response training in em-
ployment which is offered by the Office to Members, 
officers, and employees of the House to include the 
following: 
(A) Practical examples, derived from situa-
tions easily recognizable to employees of the 
House, which are aimed at instructing super-
visors in the prevention of harassment, dis-
crimination, and retaliation, and at instructing 
employees in how to recognize situations of har-
assment. 
(B) Information regarding the rights of 
employees, the options for reporting complaints, 
and an overview of the dispute resolution proc-
ess. 
(C) Training regarding bystander interven-
tion. 
(D) An overview of the consequences for 
perpetrating sexual harassment. 
(E) Information regarding anti-retaliation 
policies for witnesses to or individuals who ex-
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