[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 652 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 652

To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to protect unpaid 
    interns in the legislative branch from workplace harassment and 
                discrimination, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2017

  Mr. Cummings (for himself, Ms. Meng, Mr. Scott of Virginia, and Ms. 
   Norton) 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 protect unpaid 
    interns in the legislative branch from workplace harassment and 
                discrimination, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Congressional Intern Protection Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION TO UNPAID INTERNS OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS AGAINST 
              EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION UNDER CONGRESSIONAL 
              ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.

    Section 201 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1311) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d) Application to Unpaid Interns.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with 
        respect to an intern, including an applicant for an internship 
        and a former intern, in the same manner and to the same extent 
        as such subsections apply with respect to an employee.
            ``(2) Intern defined.--The term `intern' means an 
        individual who performs uncompensated voluntary service for an 
        employing office to earn credit awarded by an educational 
        institution or to learn a trade or occupation.''.
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