Title: Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of Representatives to complete a program of training in workplace rights and responsibilities each session of each Congress, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Directs the Committee on House Administration to issue regulations requiring Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives to complete a training program on workplace rights and responsibilities, including anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training, during each congressional session.
Requires Members, officers, or employees to certify completion of such training within 90 days after a congressional session begins or within 90 days after beginning service during a session. (Sets forth a special rule requiring such training to be completed within 180 days after the beginning of the second session of the 115th Congress.)
Directs the committee to issue regulations requiring that each House employing office post in a prominent location in its office and in each Member's congressional district office a statement of rights and protections provided to House employees under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, including procedures for responding to and adjudicating allegations of violations of such rights and protections.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 630 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 630

     Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of 
 Representatives to complete a program of training in workplace rights 
   and responsibilities each session of each Congress, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 28, 2017

   Mrs. Comstock (for herself, Ms. Speier, Mr. Harper, Mr. Brady of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Poliquin, 
 Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Faso, Mrs. Walorski, Ms. Stefanik, 
  Mr. Foster, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mrs. 
Noem, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. McGovern, 
   Ms. Lee, Ms. Adams, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. 
 Gutierrez, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Takano, 
  Mr. Courtney, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Polis, Mr. Lynch, Mr. 
 Crowley, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Cramer, 
   Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Royce of California, Ms. Kuster of New 
    Hampshire, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Costa, Ms. 
   Barragan, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Sires, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. 
    Bergman, Mr. Gianforte, Mrs. Handel, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
   Langevin, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Lance, Mr. Kelly of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Banks of 
   Indiana, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
   Larsen of Washington, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
Reichert, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Mr. Meadows, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Bera, 
   Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Ms. 
 McSally, Mr. Latta, Mr. Evans, Mr. Messer, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Kelly of 
Illinois, Mr. Denham, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Young of Iowa, Ms. 
 Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Carbajal, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mr. 
Bacon, Mr. Olson, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Rokita, Mrs. Carolyn 
   B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. McKinley, Ms. Pingree, Mr. 
  Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Price of North 
   Carolina, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Keating, Mr. Peters, Mrs. 
Demings, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Danny 
K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Correa, Mr. Womack, Ms. Meng, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
 Cicilline, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. 
Espaillat, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Schneider, Mr. 
Yarmuth, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
Payne, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Vela, Mr. O'Rourke, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Brendan F. 
 Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Lewis of 
   Georgia, Mr. Delaney, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Coffman, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
Visclosky, Mr. Brat, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Lawson 
 of Florida, Mr. Ferguson, Mrs. Bustos, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
Huizenga, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Walker, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Wilson of Florida, 
   Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Soto, Mr. Knight, Mr. Yoho, Mr. 
Williams, Mr. Hill, Mr. Barr, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Culberson, Ms. 
 Granger, Mr. Flores, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Simpson, 
 Mr. Taylor, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
   Pittenger, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Bucshon, Mrs. Love, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
    Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Hudson, Mr. 
   Arrington, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Barton, Mr. Stivers, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
DeFazio, and Mr. Burgess) submitted the following resolution; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of 
 Representatives to complete a program of training in workplace rights 
   and responsibilities each session of each Congress, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. MANDATORY COMPLETION OF PROGRAM OF TRAINING IN WORKPLACE 
              RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

    (a) Requiring Training for All Members, Officers, and Employees.--
            (1) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this resolution, the Committee on House 
        Administration shall issue regulations to provide that, during 
        each session of each Congress, each Member (including each 
        Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress), officer, 
        and employee of the House of Representatives shall complete a 
        program of training in the workplace rights and 
        responsibilities applicable to offices and employees of the 
        House under part A of title II of the Congressional 
        Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), including 
        anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training.
            (2) Inclusion of interns, fellows, and detailees.--For 
        purposes of this resolution, an individual serving in an office 
        of the House of Representatives as an intern (including an 
        unpaid intern), a participant in a fellowship program, or a 
        detailee from another office of the Federal Government shall be 
        considered an employee of the House.
    (b) Deadline.--
            (1) In general.--Under the regulations issued by the 
        Committee on House Administration under subsection (a), an 
        individual shall complete the program of training required 
        under subsection (a) and file a certificate of completion of 
        such training not later than--
                    (A) in the case of an individual who is serving as 
                a Member, officer, or employee of the House as of the 
                first day of a session of Congress, not later than 90 
                days after the session begins; or
                    (B) in the case of any other individual, not later 
                than 90 days after the individual first becomes a 
                Member, officer, or employee of the House during the 
                session.
            (2) Special rule for one hundred fifteenth congress.--In 
        the case of the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, an individual 
        shall complete the program required under subsection (a) not 
        later than 180 days after the second session of the Congress 
        begins.
    (c) Additional Mechanisms.--The Committee on House Administration 
shall consider additional mechanisms to ensure compliance with the 
training requirement under subsection (a).

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS PROVIDED TO HOUSE EMPLOYEES 
              UNDER CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.

    The Committee on House Administration shall issue regulations to 
provide that each employing office of the House of Representatives 
shall post in a prominent location in the office (including, in the 
case of the office of a Member of the House or a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress, a prominent location in each office in 
the Member's congressional district) a statement of the rights and 
protections provided to employees of the House of Representatives under 
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, including the procedures 
available to employees of the House under such Act for responding to 
and adjudicating allegations of violations of such rights and 
protections.
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