Congressional Sexual Harassment Training Act

Bill: 115-hr-4155
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-10-26
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Congressional officers and employees

Employment and training programs

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Congressional Sexual Harassment Training Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to require each employing office under the Act to ensure that its covered employees enroll in the Office of Compliance's program of education that informs employees of the rights provided under the Act against sexual harassment: (1) within 60 days after first becoming an employee; (2) for existing employees, within 90 days after enactment of this bill; and (3) every two years.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4155 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 26, 2017 Mrs. Lawrence (for herself, Ms. Bass , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Jeffries , Mr. Clay , Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas , Mr. Ellison , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. Lewis of Georgia , Mrs. Beatty , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mrs. Demings , Ms. Lee , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Butterfield , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Maxine Waters of California , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mr. Evans , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Norton , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Fudge , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Payne , Ms. Plaskett , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Ms. Bordallo , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Jackson Lee , and Ms. Clarke of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to require employing offices under such Act to enroll the employees of such offices every two years in the program carried out by the Office of Compliance to train employees in the protections against sexual harassment provided under the Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Sexual Harassment Training Act . 2. Requiring employing offices under Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to enroll employees in Office of Compliance programs on sexual harassment (a) Mandatory enrollment in programs Part E of title II of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 226. Mandatory enrollment of employees in Office of Compliance programs on sexual harassment (a) Biennial training for employees of employing offices Each employing office shall ensure that each covered employee of the employing office enrolls every two years in the program of education carried out by the Office of Compliance under section 301(h) to inform covered employees of the rights provided under this Act against sexual harassment. (b) Additional initial training In addition to the biennial enrollment required under subsection (a), each employing office shall ensure that each covered employee of the employing office enrolls in the program described in subsection (a) not later than— (1) in the case of a covered employee who is a covered employee of the employing office as of the date of the enactment of this section, 90 days after such date; or (2) in the case of a covered employee who first becomes a covered employee of the employing office after the date of the enactment of this section, 60 days after first becoming a covered employee of the employing office. (c) Exclusion of applicants and former employees In this section, the term covered employee with respect to an employing office does not include an applicant for employment or a former employee. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to part E of title II the following new item: Sec. 226. Mandatory enrollment of employees in Office of Compliance programs on sexual harassment. .