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 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 257 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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H. Res. 257

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                        March 19, 2021.
    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.
            (3) Exception for participants in new member orientation programs.--
        If an individual completed a program of training required under 
        paragraph (1) during the new Member orientation program administered by 
        the Committee on House Administration prior to the beginning of a 
        Congress, the individual is not required to complete the program during 
        the first session of the Congress.
    (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 date on which the 
                Committee first certifies that the program is in operation for 
                the session, not later than 90 days after such date; 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.
            (2) Alternative deadlines.--The Committee on House Administration 
        may include in the regulations issued under subsection (a)--
                    (A) an alternative deadline for individuals serving as 
                interns and participants in fellowship programs to take into 
                account the duration of their service; and
                    (B) an alternative deadline for individuals who first become 
                Members, officers, or employees of the House towards the end of 
                a session of Congress to take into account the amount of time 
                remaining in the session.
            (3) Special rule for first session of one hundred seventeenth 
        congress.--In the case of the first session of the One Hundred 
        Seventeenth 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).
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.