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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4393" measure-id="id115hr4393" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2017-11-14" update-date="2019-08-26">
<title>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.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr4393v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-08-26">
<action-date>2017-11-14</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<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>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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