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:
This resolution directs the Committee on House Administration to require 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.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 30 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 30

     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

                            January 8, 2019

 Ms. Lofgren (for herself and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois) 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 adoption 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 first session of one hundred sixteenth 
        congress.--In the case of the first session of the One Hundred 
        Sixteenth Congress, an individual described in subparagraph (A) 
        of paragraph (1) shall complete the program required under 
        subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
        adoption of this resolution.
    (c) Additional Mechanisms.--The Committee on House Administration 
shall consider additional mechanisms to ensure compliance with the 
training requirement under subsection (a).
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