[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4484 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4484

 To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to prohibit the 
 imposition of a nondisclosure agreement as a condition of the payment 
 of any award or settlement in connection with a violation of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2017

  Mr. Stewart (for himself and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to prohibit the 
 imposition of a nondisclosure agreement as a condition of the payment 
 of any award or settlement in connection with a violation of such Act.

    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 ``Victims' Voice and Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AS CONDITION 
              OF AWARD OR SETTLEMENT UNDER CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY 
              ACT OF 1995.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 401 of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1401) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except as otherwise provided'' and 
        inserting ``(a) Procedures Available.--Except as otherwise 
        provided''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Prohibiting Imposition of Nondisclosure Agreements.--A 
nondisclosure agreement may not be imposed on any party as a condition 
of the payment of any award or settlement in connection with a 
violation of part A of title II.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to awards and settlements paid in connection with 
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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