To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to clarify that employees of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China are to be treated as covered employees for purposes of such Act.

Bill: 114-hr-4548
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2016-02-11
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Asia

China

Congressional officers and employees

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Europe

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Human rights

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to specify that it covers employees of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (also known as the Helsinki Commission). </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4548 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2016 Mr. Smith of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to clarify that employees of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Congressional–Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China are to be treated as covered employees for purposes of such Act.

1. Clarification of coverage of employees of Helsinki and China commissions under congressional accountability act of 1995 (a) Clarification of Coverage Section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1301 ) is amended— (1) by striking Except as otherwise and inserting (a) In general .—Except as otherwise ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Clarification of coverage of employees of certain commissions (1) Coverage With respect to the China Commission and the Helsinki Commission— (A) any individual who is an employee of such Commission shall be considered a covered employee for purposes of this Act; and (B) the Commission shall be considered an employing office for purposes of this Act. (2) Definitions In paragraph (1)— (A) the term China Commission means the Congressional–Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China established under title III of the U.S.–China Relations Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–286 ; 22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq. ); and (B) the term Helsinki Commission means the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe established under the Act entitled An Act to establish a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( Public Law 94–304 ; 22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. ). . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.