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[H.R. 1213 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1213

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen


                                 An Act


 
 To make administrative and technical corrections to the Congressional 
                       Accountability Act of 1995.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Compliance Administrative 
and Technical Corrections Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. PROCEDURES FOR MEDIATION AND HEARINGS UNDER CONGRESSIONAL 
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.
    (a) Requiring Mediators To Be Appointed From Master List.--Section 
403 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1403) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``after considering 
    recommendations by organizations composed primarily of individuals 
    experienced in adjudicating or arbitrating personnel matters'' and 
    inserting ``from the master list developed and maintained under 
    subsection (e)''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Master List of Mediators.--
        ``(1) Development and maintenance of master list.--The 
    Executive Director shall develop and maintain a master list of 
    individuals who are experienced in adjudicating, arbitrating, or 
    mediating the kinds of personnel and other matters for which 
    mediation may be held under this section. Such list may include, 
    but not be limited to, members of the bar of a State or the 
    District of Columbia and retired judges of the United States 
    courts.
        ``(2) Consideration of candidates.--In developing the master 
    list under this subsection, the Executive Director shall consider 
    candidates recommended by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
    Service or the Administrative Conference of the United States.''.
    (b) Clarification of Deadline To Elect Proceedings After End of 
Period of Mediation.--Section 404 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1404) is 
amended by striking ``Not later than 90 days after a covered employee 
receives notice of the end of the period of mediation, but no sooner 
than 30 days after receipt of such notification, such covered 
employee'' and inserting ``Not later than 90 days, but not sooner than 
30 days, after the end of the period of mediation, a covered 
employee''.
    (c) Notification of Confidentiality Requirements.--
        (1) Mediations.--Section 416(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1416(b)) 
    is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
    following: ``, and the Executive Director shall notify each person 
    participating in the mediation of the confidentiality requirement 
    and of the sanctions applicable to any person who violates the 
    confidentiality requirement.''.
        (2) Hearings and deliberations.--Section 416(c) of such Act (2 
    U.S.C. 1416(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
    ``The Executive Director shall notify each person participating in 
    a proceeding or deliberation to which this subsection applies of 
    the requirements of this subsection and of the sanctions applicable 
    to any person who violates the requirements of this subsection.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to mediations and other proceedings which are first 
initiated after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL TERM FOR MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OFFICE OF 
COMPLIANCE.
    Notwithstanding section 301(e)(1) of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(e)(1)), any individual 
serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Office of 
Compliance as of February 28, 2015, may be appointed to serve for one 
additional term of 2 years.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.