Title: Approving certain regulations to implement provisions of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 relating to labor-management relations with respect to employees of the House of Representatives covered under section 220(e) of the Act, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution extends collective bargaining rights prescribed in the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to employees of the House of Representatives.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1096 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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H. Res. 1096

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                          May 10, 2022.
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. APPROVAL OF REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The regulations described in subsection (b) are hereby 
approved, insofar as such regulations apply to covered employees of the House of 
Representatives under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and to the 
extent such regulations are consistent with the provisions of such Act.
    (b) Regulations Approved.--The regulations described in this subsection are 
the regulations issued by the Office of Compliance on August 19, 1996, under 
section 220(e) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to implement 
section 220 of such Act (relating to the application of chapter 71 of title 5, 
United States Code), as published in the Congressional Record on September 4, 
1996 (Volume 142, daily edition), beginning on page H10019, and stated as 
follows:
``Sec. 2472 Specific regulations regarding certain offices of Congress
``Sec. 2472.1 Purpose and Scope
    ``The regulations contained in this section implement the provisions of 
chapter 71 as applied by section 220 of the CAA to covered employees in the 
following employing offices:
            ``(A) the personal office of any member of the House of 
        Representatives or of any Senator;
            ``(B) a standing select, special, permanent, temporary, or other 
        committee of the Senate or House of Representatives, or a joint 
        committee of Congress;
            ``(C) the Office of the Vice President (as President of the Senate), 
        the office of the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Office of the 
        Majority Leader of the Senate, the Office of the Minority Leader of the 
        Senate, the Office of the Majority Whip of the Senate, the Office of the 
        Minority Whip of the Senate, the Conference of the Majority of the 
        Senate, the Conference of the Minority of the Senate, the Office of the 
        Secretary of the Conference of the Majority of the Senate, the Office of 
        the Secretary of the Conference of the Minority of the Senate, the 
        Office of the Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, the Office of 
        the Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, the Majority Policy 
        Committee of the Senate, the Minority Policy Committee of the Senate, 
        and the following offices within the Office of the Secretary of the 
        Senate: Offices of the Parliamentarian, Bill Clerk, Legislative Clerk, 
        Journal Clerk, Executive Clerk, Enrolling Clerk, Official Reporters of 
        Debate, Daily Digest, Printing Services, Captioning Services, and Senate 
        Chief Counsel for Employment;
            ``(D) the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
        Office of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, the 
        Office of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the 
        Offices of the Chief Deputy Majority Whips, the Offices of the Chief 
        Deputy Minority Whips, and the following offices within the Office of 
        the Clerk of the House of Representatives: Offices of Legislative 
        Operations, Official Reporters of Debate, Official Reporters to 
        Committees, Printing Services, and Legislative Information;
            ``(E) the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, the 
        Office of the Senate Legal Counsel, the Office of the Legislative 
        Counsel of the House of Representatives, the Office of the General 
        Counsel of the House of Representatives, the Office of the 
        Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, and the Office of the 
        Law Revision Counsel;
            ``(F) the offices of any caucus or party organization;
            ``(G) the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of Technology 
        Assessment, and the Office of Compliance; and
            ``(H) the Executive Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the 
        Office of Senate Security, the Senate Disbursing Office, the 
        Administrative Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, the Office 
        of the Majority Whip of the House of Representatives, the Office of the 
        Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, the Office of House 
        Employment Counsel, the Immediate Office of the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives, the Immediate Office of the Chief Administrative 
        Officer of the House of Representatives, the Office of Legislative 
        Computer Systems of the House of Representatives, the Office of Finance 
        of the House of Representatives and the Immediate Office of the Sergeant 
        at Arms of the House of Representatives.
``Sec. 2472.2 Application of Chapter 71
    ``(a) The requirements and exemptions of chapter 71 of title 5, United 
States Code, as made applicable by section 220 of the CAA, shall apply to 
covered employees who are employed in the offices listed in section H2472.1 in 
the same manner and to the same extent as those requirements and exemptions are 
applied to other covered employees.
    ``(b) The regulations of the Office, as set forth at section 2420-29 and 
2470-71, shall apply to the employing offices listed in section 2472.1, covered 
employees who are employed in those offices, and representatives of those 
employees.''.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.