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        S.3749

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
  To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to reform the 
   procedures provided under such Act for the initiation, review, and 
resolution of claims alleging that employing offices of the legislative 
   branch have violated the rights and protections provided to their 
     employees under such Act, including protections against sexual 
                   harassment, 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; REFERENCES IN ACT; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act''.
    (b) References in Act.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, 
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of 
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.).
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; references in Act; table of contents.

            TITLE I--REFORM OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES

Subtitle A--Reform of Procedures for Initiation, Preliminary Review, and 
                          Resolution of Claims

Sec. 101. Description of procedures available for consideration of 
          alleged violations.
Sec. 102. Reform of process for initiation of procedures.
Sec. 103. Preliminary review of claims by hearing officer.
Sec. 104. Availability of mediation during process.

                        Subtitle B--Other Reforms

Sec. 111. Requiring Members of Congress to reimburse Treasury for 
          amounts paid as settlements and awards in cases of acts by 
          Members.
Sec. 112. Automatic referral to Congressional Ethics Committees of 
          disposition of certain claims alleging violations of 
          Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 involving Members of 
          Congress and senior staff.
Sec. 113. Availability of remote work assignment or paid leave of 
          absence during pendency of procedures.
Sec. 114. Modification of rules on confidentiality of proceedings.
Sec. 115. Reimbursement by other employing offices of legislative branch 
          of payments of certain awards and settlements.

  TITLE II--IMPROVING OPERATIONS OF OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 
                                 RIGHTS

Sec. 201. Reports on awards and settlements.
Sec. 202. Workplace climate surveys of employing offices.
Sec. 203. Record retention.
Sec. 204. Confidential advisors.
Sec. 205. GAO study of management practices.
Sec. 206. GAO audit of cybersecurity.

                    TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS REFORMS

Sec. 301. Application of Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 
          2008.
Sec. 302. Extension to unpaid staff of rights and protections against 
          employment discrimination.
Sec. 303. Clarification of treatment of Library of Congress visitors.
Sec. 304. Notices.
Sec. 305. Clarification of coverage of employees of Helsinki and China 
          Commissions.
Sec. 306. Training and education programs of other employing offices.
Sec. 307. Support for out-of-area covered employees.
Sec. 308. Renaming Office of Compliance as Office of Congressional 
          Workplace Rights.

                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 401. Effective date.

            TITLE I--REFORM OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES
 Subtitle A--Reform of Procedures for Initiation, Preliminary Review, 
                        and Resolution of Claims

    SEC. 101. DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURES AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION OF 
      ALLEGED VIOLATIONS.
    (a) Procedures Described.--Section 401 (2 U.S.C. 1401) is amended 
to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 401. PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS.
    ``(a) Filing and Review of Claims.--Except as otherwise provided, 
the procedure for consideration of an alleged violation of part A of 
title II consists of--
        ``(1) the filing of a claim by the covered employee alleging 
    the violation, as provided in section 402;
        ``(2) the preliminary review of the claim, to be conducted by a 
    hearing officer as provided in section 403;
        ``(3) mediation as provided in section 404, if requested and 
    agreed to by the parties under that section; and
        ``(4) a formal hearing as provided in section 405, subject to 
    Board review as provided in section 406 and judicial review in the 
    United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as provided 
    in section 407.
    ``(b) Right of Employee to File Civil Action.--
        ``(1) Civil action.--Only a covered employee who has filed a 
    claim timely as provided in section 402 and who has not submitted a 
    request for a hearing on the claim pursuant to section 405(a) may, 
    during the period described in paragraph (3), file a civil action 
    in a District Court of the United States with respect to the 
    violation alleged in the claim, as provided in section 408.
        ``(2) Effect of filing civil action.--Notwithstanding paragraph 
    (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a), if the covered employee files 
    such a civil action--
            ``(A) the preliminary review of the claim by the hearing 
        officer as provided in section 403 shall terminate upon the 
        filing of the action by the covered employee; and
            ``(B) the procedure for consideration of the alleged 
        violation shall not include any further review of the claim by 
        the hearing officer as provided in section 403.
        ``(3) Period for filing civil action.--The period described in 
    this paragraph with respect to a claim is the 70-day period which 
    begins on the date the covered employee files the claim under 
    section 402.
        ``(4) Special rule for employees who fail to state a claim for 
    which relief may be granted.--Notwithstanding paragraph (3), if a 
    covered employee receives a written notice from the hearing officer 
    under section 403(d)(2) that the employee has the right to file a 
    civil action with respect to the claim in accordance with section 
    408, the covered employee may file the civil action not later than 
    90 days after receiving such written notice.
    ``(c) Special Rule for Architect of the Capitol and Capitol 
Police.--In the case of an employee of the Office of the Architect of 
the Capitol or of the Capitol Police, the Office, after receiving a 
claim filed under section 402, may recommend that the employee use the 
grievance procedures of the Architect of the Capitol or the Capitol 
Police for resolution of the employee's grievance for a specific period 
of time. Any deadline in this Act relating to a claim for which the 
employee is using the grievance procedures, that has not already passed 
by the first day of that specific period, shall be stayed during that 
specific period.
    ``(d) Election of Remedies for Library of Congress.--
        ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
            ``(A) Direct act.--The term `direct Act' means an Act 
        (other than this Act), or provision of the Revised Statutes, 
        that is specified in section 201, 202, or 203.
            ``(B) Direct provision.--The term `direct provision' means 
        a provision (including a definitional provision) of a direct 
        Act that applies the rights or protections of a direct Act 
        (including rights and protections relating to nonretaliation or 
        noncoercion) to a Library claimant.
            ``(C) Library claimant.--The term `Library claimant' means, 
        with respect to a direct provision, an employee of the Library 
        of Congress who is covered by that direct provision.
        ``(2) Election after proceedings initially brought under this 
    act.--A Library claimant who initially files a claim for an alleged 
    violation as provided in section 402 may, at any time before the 
    date that is 10 days after a hearing officer submits the report on 
    the preliminary review of the claim under section 403(c), elect to 
    bring the claim for a proceeding before the corresponding Federal 
    agency under the corresponding direct provision, instead of 
    continuing with the procedures applicable to the claim under this 
    title or filing a civil action in accordance with section 408.
        ``(3) Election after proceedings initially brought under other 
    civil rights or labor law.--A Library claimant who initially brings 
    a claim, complaint, or charge under a direct provision for a 
    proceeding before a Federal agency may, prior to requesting a 
    hearing under the agency's procedures, elect to--
            ``(A) continue with the agency's procedures and preserve 
        the option (if any) to bring any civil action relating to the 
        claim, complaint, or charge, that is available to the Library 
        claimant; or
            ``(B) file a claim with the Office under section 402 and 
        continue with the corresponding procedures of this title 
        available and applicable to a covered employee.
        ``(4) Timing.--A Library claimant who meets the initial 
    deadline under section 402(d) for filing a claim under this title, 
    or any initial deadline for bringing a claim, complaint, or charge 
    under the applicable direct provision, and then elects to change to 
    alternative procedures as described in paragraph (2) or (3)(B), 
    shall be considered to meet any initial deadline for the 
    alternative procedures.
        ``(5) Application.--This subsection shall take effect and shall 
    apply as described in section 153(c) of the Legislative Branch 
    Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) (except to the extent 
    such section applies to any violation of section 210 or a provision 
    of an Act specified in section 210).
    ``(e) Rights of Parties to Retain Private Counsel.--Nothing in this 
Act may be construed to limit the authority of any individual 
(including a covered employee, the head of an employing office, or an 
individual who is alleged to have committed personally an act which 
consists of a violation of part A of title II) to retain counsel to 
protect the interests of the individual at any point during any of the 
procedures provided under this title for the consideration of an 
alleged violation of part A of title II, including as provided under 
section 415(d)(8) with respect to individuals subject to a 
reimbursement requirement of section 415(d).
    ``(f) Standards for Assertions Made by Parties.--Any party in any 
of the procedures provided under this title, as well as any counsel or 
other person representing a party in any of such procedures, shall have 
an obligation to ensure that, to the best of the party's knowledge, 
information, and belief, as formed after an inquiry which is reasonable 
under the circumstances, each of the following is correct:
        ``(1) No pleading, written motion, or other paper is presented 
    for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary 
    delay, or needlessly increase the cost of resolution of the matter.
        ``(2) The claims, defenses, and other legal contentions the 
    party advocates are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous 
    argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for 
    establishing new law.
        ``(3) The factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if 
    specifically so identified, will likely have evidentiary support 
    after a reasonable opportunity for further review or discovery.
        ``(4) The denials of factual contentions are warranted on the 
    evidence or, if specifically so identified, are reasonably based on 
    belief or a lack of information.
    ``(g) Procedure.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
supersede or limit section 225(d)(2).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Civil Action.--Section 408(a) 
(2 U.S.C. 1408(a)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``section 404'' and inserting ``section 401'';
        (2) by striking ``who has completed counseling under section 
    402 and mediation under section 403''; and
        (3) by striking the second sentence.
    (c) Other Conforming Amendments to Title IV.--Title IV is amended--
        (1) by striking section 404 (2 U.S.C. 1404); and
        (2) by redesignating section 403 (2 U.S.C. 1403) as section 
    404.
    (d) Miscellaneous Conforming Amendment.--Section 225 (2 U.S.C. 
1361) is amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (e); and
        (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).
    (e) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents is amended--
        (1) by striking the item relating to section 404; and
        (2) by redesignating the item relating to section 403 as 
    relating to section 404.
    SEC. 102. REFORM OF PROCESS FOR INITIATION OF PROCEDURES.
    (a) Initiation of Procedures.--Section 402 (2 U.S.C. 1402) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 402. INITIATION OF PROCEDURES.
    ``(a) Claim.--
        ``(1) Filing of claim.--To commence a proceeding under this 
    title, a covered employee alleging a violation of law made 
    applicable under part A of title II shall file a claim with the 
    Office. The Office shall not accept a claim which is filed after 
    the deadline applicable under subsection (d).
        ``(2) Contents of claim.--The claim filed under this section 
    shall be made in writing under oath or affirmation, shall describe 
    the facts that form the basis of the claim and the violation that 
    is being alleged, shall identify the employing office alleged to 
    have committed the violation or in which the violation is alleged 
    to have occurred, and shall be in such form as the Office requires.
        ``(3) No effect on ability of covered employee to seek 
    information from office or pursue relief.--Nothing in paragraph 
    (2), or subsection (b) or (c), may be construed to limit the 
    ability of a covered employee--
            ``(A) to contact the Office or any other appropriate office 
        prior to filing a claim under this section to seek information 
        regarding the employee's rights under this Act and the 
        procedures available under this Act;
            ``(B) in the case of a covered employee of an employing 
        office of the House of Representatives or Senate, to refer 
        information regarding an alleged violation of part A of title 
        II to the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives 
        or the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate (as the case 
        may be); or
            ``(C) to file a civil action in accordance with section 
        401(b).
    ``(b) Initial Processing of Claim.--
        ``(1) Intake and recording; notification to employing office.--
    Upon the filing of a claim by a covered employee under subsection 
    (a), the Office shall take such steps as may be necessary for the 
    initial intake and recording of the claim, including providing each 
    party with all relevant information with respect to the rights of 
    the party under this Act, and shall transmit immediately a copy of 
    the claim to the head of the employing office and the designated 
    representative of that office.
        ``(2) Special notification requirements for claims based on 
    acts by members of congress.--
            ``(A) In general.--In the case of a claim alleging a 
        violation described in subparagraph (B) which consists of a 
        violation described in section 415(d)(1)(A) by an individual, 
        upon the filing of the claim under subsection (a), the Office 
        shall notify immediately such individual of the claim, the 
        possibility that the individual may be required to reimburse 
        the account described in section 415(a) for the reimbursable 
        portion of any award or settlement in connection with the 
        claim, and the right of the individual under section 415(d)(8) 
        to intervene in any mediation, hearing, or civil action under 
        this title with respect to the claim.
            ``(B) Violations described.--A violation described in this 
        subparagraph is--
                ``(i) harassment that is unlawful under section 201(a) 
            or 206(a); or
                ``(ii) intimidation, reprisal, or discrimination that 
            is unlawful under section 207 and is taken against a 
            covered employee because of a claim alleging a violation 
            described in clause (i).
    ``(c) Use of Secure Electronic Reporting and Tracking System.--
        ``(1) Establishment and operation of secure system.--The Office 
    shall establish and operate a secure electronic reporting system 
    through which a covered employee may initiate a proceeding under 
    this title, and which will keep an electronic record of the date 
    and time at which the proceeding is initiated and will track all 
    subsequent actions or proceedings occurring with respect to the 
    proceeding under this title.
        ``(2) Accessibility to all parties.--The system shall be 
    accessible to all parties to such actions or proceedings, but only 
    until the completion of such actions or proceedings.
        ``(3) Assessment of effectiveness of procedures.--The Office 
    shall use the information contained in the system to make regular 
    assessments of the effectiveness of the procedures under this title 
    in providing for the timely resolution of claims, and shall submit 
    semi-annual reports on such assessments each year to the Committee 
    on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the 
    Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
    ``(d) Deadline.--A covered employee may not file a claim under this 
section with respect to an allegation of a violation of law after the 
expiration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of the 
alleged violation.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents is amended by 
amending the item relating to section 402 to read as follows:

``Sec. 402. Initiation of procedures.''.
    SEC. 103. PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF CLAIMS BY HEARING OFFICER.
    (a) Preliminary Review Described.--Title IV (2 U.S.C. 1401 et 
seq.), as amended by section 101(c), is further amended by inserting 
after section 402 the following new section:
    ``SEC. 403. PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF CLAIMS.
    ``(a) Preliminary Review by Hearing Officer.--
        ``(1) Appointment.--Not later than 7 days after transmission to 
    the employing office of a claim pursuant to section 402(b), the 
    Executive Director shall appoint a hearing officer to conduct a 
    preliminary review of the claim.
        ``(2) Process for appointment.--The Executive Director shall 
    appoint a hearing officer under this subsection in the same manner 
    and in accordance with the same requirements and procedures 
    applicable to the appointment of a hearing officer under section 
    405(c).
    ``(b) Assessments Required.--In conducting a preliminary review of 
a claim under this section, the hearing officer shall assess each of 
the following:
        ``(1) Whether the claimant is a covered employee authorized to 
    obtain relief relating to the claim under this title.
        ``(2) Whether the office which is the subject of the claim is 
    an employing office under this Act.
        ``(3) Whether the individual filing the claim has met the 
    applicable deadlines for filing the claim under this title.
        ``(4) The identification of factual and legal issues involved 
    with respect to the claim.
        ``(5) The specific relief sought by the individual.
        ``(6) Whether, on the basis of the assessments made under 
    paragraphs (1) through (5), the individual filing the claim is a 
    covered employee who has stated a claim for which, if the 
    allegations contained in the claim are true, relief may be granted 
    under this title.
        ``(7) The potential for the settlement of the claim without a 
    formal hearing as provided under section 405 or a civil action as 
    provided under section 408.
    ``(c) Report on Review.--
        ``(1) Report.--Not later than 30 days after a claim is filed 
    under section 402, the hearing officer shall submit to the 
    individual filing the claim and the office which is the subject of 
    the claim a report on the preliminary review conducted under this 
    section, and shall include in the report the hearing officer's 
    determination as to whether the individual is a covered employee 
    who has stated a claim for which relief may be granted under this 
    title (as described in paragraph (6) of subsection (b)). The 
    submission of the report shall conclude the preliminary review.
        ``(2) Extension of deadline.--The hearing officer may (upon 
    notice to the individual filing the claim and the employing office 
    which is the subject of the claim) use an additional period of not 
    to exceed 30 days to conclude the preliminary review.
    ``(d) Effect of Determination of Failure to State Claim for Which 
Relief May Be Granted.--If the hearing officer's report on the 
preliminary review of a claim under subsection (c) includes the 
determination that the individual filing the claim is not a covered 
employee or has not stated a claim for which relief may be granted 
under this title--
        ``(1) the individual (including an individual who is a Library 
    claimant, as defined in section 401(d)(1)) may not obtain a formal 
    hearing with respect to the claim as provided under section 405; 
    and
        ``(2) the hearing officer shall provide the individual and the 
    Executive Director with a written notice that the individual may 
    file a civil action with respect to the claim in accordance with 
    section 408.
    ``(e) Transmission of Report on Preliminary Review of Certain 
Claims to Congressional Ethics Committees.--In the case of a hearing 
officer's report under subsection (c) on the preliminary review of a 
claim alleging a violation described in section 415(d)(1)(A), the 
hearing officer shall transmit the report to--
        ``(1) the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives, 
    in the case of such an act by a Member of the House of 
    Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 
    the Congress); or
        ``(2) the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, in the case 
    of such an act by a Senator.''.
    (b) Deadline for Requesting Hearing After Preliminary Review.--
Section 405(a) (2 U.S.C. 1405(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Requirement for Hearings to Commence in Office.--
        ``(1) Hearing required upon request.--If, not later than 10 
    days after a hearing officer submits the report on the preliminary 
    review of a claim under section 403(c), a covered employee submits 
    a request to the Executive Director for a hearing under this 
    section, the Executive Director shall appoint an independent 
    hearing officer pursuant to subsection (c) to consider the claim 
    and render a decision, and a hearing shall be commenced in the 
    Office.
        ``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to 
    the claim if--
            ``(A) the hearing officer's report on the preliminary 
        review of the claim under section 403(c) includes the 
        determination that the individual filing the claim is not a 
        covered employee who has stated a claim for which relief may be 
        granted under this title (as described in section 403(d)); or
            ``(B) the covered employee files a civil action as provided 
        in section 408 with respect to the claim.''.
    (c) Prohibiting Hearing Officer Conducting Preliminary Review From 
Conducting Hearing.--Section 405(c) (2 U.S.C. 1405(c)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(3) Prohibiting hearing officer conducting preliminary review 
    from conducting hearing.--The Executive Director may not appoint a 
    hearing officer to conduct a hearing under this section with 
    respect to a claim if the hearing officer conducted the preliminary 
    review with respect to the claim under section 403.''.
    (d) Deadline for Commencement of Hearing; Permitting Additional 
Time.--Section 405(d) (2 U.S.C. 1405(d)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
        ``(2) commenced no later than 90 days after the Executive 
    Director receives the covered employee's request for the hearing 
    under subsection (a), except that, upon mutual agreement of the 
    parties or for good cause, the Office shall extend the time for 
    commencing a hearing for not more than an additional 30 days; 
    and''.
    (e) Other Conforming Amendments Relating to Hearings Conducted by 
Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.--Section 405 (2 U.S.C. 1405) 
is amended as follows:
        (1) In the heading, by striking ``complaint and''.
        (2) In subsection (c)(1), by striking ``complaint'' and 
    inserting ``request for a hearing under subsection (a)''.
        (3) In subsection (d) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
    striking ``complaint'' and inserting ``claim''.
        (4) In subsection (g), by striking ``complaint'' and inserting 
    ``claim''.
    (f) Other Conforming Amendment.--The heading of section 414 (2 
U.S.C. 1414) is amended by striking ``of complaints''.
    (g) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents, as amended by 
section 101(e), is further amended as follows:
        (1) By inserting after the item relating to section 402 the 
    following new item:

``Sec. 403. Preliminary review of claims.''.

        (2) By amending the item relating to section 405 to read as 
    follows:

``Sec. 405. Hearing.''.

        (3) By amending the item relating to section 414 to read as 
    follows:

``Sec. 414. Settlement.''.
    SEC. 104. AVAILABILITY OF MEDIATION DURING PROCESS.
    (a) Availability of Mediation.--Section 404(a) (2 U.S.C. 1403(a)), 
as redesignated by section 101(c), is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Availability of Mediation.--
        ``(1) Notification regarding mediation.--
            ``(A) Covered employee.--Upon receipt of a claim under 
        section 402, the Office shall notify the covered employee who 
        filed the claim about the process for mediation under this 
        section and the deadlines applicable to such mediation.
            ``(B) Employing office.--Upon transmission to the employing 
        office of the claim pursuant to section 402(b), the Office 
        shall notify the employing office about the process for 
        mediation under this section and the deadlines applicable to 
        such mediation.
        ``(2) Initiation.--
            ``(A) In general.--During the period described in 
        subparagraph (B), either the covered employee who filed a claim 
        under section 402 or the employing office named in the claim 
        may file a request for mediation with the Office, which shall 
        promptly notify the other party. If the other party agrees to 
        the request, the Office shall promptly assign a mediator to the 
        claim, and conduct mediation under this section.
            ``(B) Timing.--A covered employee or an employing office 
        may file a request for mediation under subparagraph (A) during 
        the period beginning on the date that the covered employee or 
        employing office, respectively, receives a notification under 
        paragraph (1) regarding a claim under section 402 and ending on 
        the date on which a hearing officer issues a written decision 
        relating to the claim under section 405(g) or the covered 
        employee files a civil action with respect to the claim in 
        accordance with section 408, as applicable.
        ``(3) Failure to request or accept mediation to have no effect 
    on treatment of claim.--The failure of a party to request mediation 
    under this section with respect to a claim, or the failure of a 
    party to agree to a request for mediation under this section, may 
    not be taken into consideration under any procedure under this 
    title with respect to the claim, including a preliminary review 
    under section 403, a formal hearing under section 405, or a civil 
    action under section 408.''.
    (b) Requiring Parties to Be Separated During Mediation at Request 
of Employee.--Section 404(b)(2) (2 U.S.C. 1403(b)(2)), as redesignated 
by section 101(c), is amended by striking ``meetings with the parties 
separately or jointly'' and inserting ``meetings with the parties 
during which, at the request of any of the parties, the parties shall 
be separated,''.
    (c) Period of Mediation.--Section 404(c) (2 U.S.C. 1403(c)), as 
redesignated by section 101(c), is amended by striking the first 2 
sentences and inserting the following: ``The mediation period shall be 
30 days, beginning on the first day after the second party agrees to 
the request for the mediation. The mediation period may be extended for 
one additional period of 30 days at the joint request of the covered 
employee and employing office. Any deadline in this Act relating to a 
claim for which mediation has been agreed to in this section, that has 
not already passed by the first day of the mediation period, shall be 
stayed during the mediation period.''.

                       Subtitle B--Other Reforms

    SEC. 111. REQUIRING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO REIMBURSE TREASURY FOR 
      AMOUNTS PAID AS SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS IN CASES OF ACTS BY 
      MEMBERS.
    (a) Mandating Reimbursement of Amounts Paid.--Section 415 (2 U.S.C. 
1415) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Reimbursement by Members of Congress of Amounts Paid as 
Settlements and Awards.--
        ``(1) Reimbursement required for certain violations.--
            ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (D), if 
        a payment is made from the account described in subsection (a) 
        for an award or settlement in connection with a claim alleging 
        a violation described in subparagraph (C) committed personally 
        by an individual who, at the time of committing the violation, 
        was a Member of the House of Representatives (including a 
        Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) or a 
        Senator, the individual shall reimburse the account for the 
        amount of the award or settlement for the claim involved.
            ``(B) Conditions.--In the case of an award made pursuant to 
        a decision of a hearing officer under section 405, or a court 
        in a civil action, subparagraph (A) shall apply only if the 
        hearing officer or court makes a separate finding that a 
        violation described in subparagraph (C) occurred which was 
        committed personally by an individual who, at the time of 
        committing the violation, was a Member of the House of 
        Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
        to the Congress) or a Senator, and such individual shall 
        reimburse the account for the amount of compensatory damages 
        included in the award as would be available if awarded under 
        section 1977A(b)(3) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 
        1981a(b)(3)) irrespective of the size of the employing office. 
        In the case of a settlement for a claim described in section 
        416(d)(3), subparagraph (A) shall apply only if the conditions 
        specified in section 416(d)(3) for requesting reimbursement are 
        met.
            ``(C) Violations described.--A violation described in this 
        subparagraph is--
                ``(i) harassment that is unlawful under section 201(a) 
            or 206(a); or
                ``(ii) intimidation, reprisal, or discrimination that 
            is unlawful under section 207 and is taken against a 
            covered employee because of a claim alleging a violation 
            described in clause (i).
            ``(D) Multiple claims.--If an award or settlement is made 
        for multiple claims, some of which do not require reimbursement 
        under this subsection, the individual described in subparagraph 
        (A) shall only be required to reimburse for the amount 
        (referred to in this Act as the `reimbursable portion') that 
        is--
                ``(i) described in subparagraph (A), subject to 
            subparagraph (B); and
                ``(ii) included in the portion of the award or 
            settlement attributable to a claim requiring reimbursement.
        ``(2) Withholding amounts from compensation.--
            ``(A) Establishment of timetable and procedures by 
        committees.--For purposes of carrying out subparagraph (B), the 
        applicable Committee shall establish a timetable and procedures 
        for the withholding of amounts from the compensation of an 
        individual who is a Member of the House of Representatives or a 
        Senator.
            ``(B) Deadline.--The payroll administrator shall withhold 
        from an individual's compensation and transfer to the account 
        described in subsection (a) (after making any deposit required 
        under section 8432(f) of title 5, United States Code) such 
        amounts as may be necessary to reimburse the account described 
        in subsection (a) for the reimbursable portion of the award or 
        settlement described in paragraph (1) if the individual has not 
        reimbursed the account as required under paragraph (1) prior to 
        the expiration of the 90-day period which begins on the date a 
        payment is made from the account for such an award or 
        settlement.
            ``(C) Applicable committee defined.--In this paragraph, the 
        term `applicable Committee' means--
                ``(i) the Committee on House Administration of the 
            House of Representatives, in the case of an individual who, 
            at the time of the withholding, is a Member of the House; 
            or
                ``(ii) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
            Senate, in the case of an individual who, at the time of 
            the withholding, is a Senator.
        ``(3) Use of amounts in thrift savings fund as source of 
    reimbursement.--
            ``(A) In general.--If, by the expiration of the 180-day 
        period that begins on the date a payment is made from the 
        account described in subsection (a) for an award or settlement 
        described in paragraph (1), an individual who is subject to a 
        reimbursement requirement of this subsection has not reimbursed 
        the account for the entire reimbursable portion as required 
        under paragraph (1), withholding and transfers of amounts shall 
        continue under paragraph (2) if the individual remains employed 
        in the same position, and the Executive Director of the Federal 
        Retirement Thrift Investment Board shall make a transfer 
        described in subparagraph (B).
            ``(B) Transfers.--The transfer by such Executive Director 
        is a transfer, from the account of the individual in the Thrift 
        Savings Fund to the account described in subsection (a), of an 
        amount equal to the amount of that reimbursable portion of the 
        award or settlement, reduced by--
                ``(i) any amount the individual has reimbursed, taking 
            into account any amounts withheld under paragraph (2); and
                ``(ii) if the individual remains employed in the same 
            position, any amount that the individual is scheduled to 
            reimburse, taking into account any amounts to be withheld 
            under the individual's timetable under paragraph (2).
            ``(C) Initiation of transfer.--Notwithstanding section 8435 
        of title 5, United States Code, the Executive Director 
        described in subparagraph (A) shall make the transfer under 
        subparagraph (A) upon receipt of a written request to the 
        Executive Director from the Secretary of the Treasury, in the 
        form and manner required by the Executive Director.
            ``(D) Coordination between payroll administrator and the 
        executive director.--The payroll administrator and the 
        Executive Director described in subparagraph (A) shall carry 
        out this paragraph in a manner that ensures the coordination of 
        the withholding and transferring of amounts under this 
        paragraph, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the 
        Board under section 303 and such Executive Director.
        ``(4)  Administrative wage garnishment or other collection of 
    wages from a subsequent position.--
            ``(A) Individual subject to garnishment or other 
        collection.--Subparagraph (B) shall apply to an individual who 
        is subject to a reimbursement requirement of this subsection 
        if, at any time after the expiration of the 270-day period that 
        begins on the date a payment is made from the account described 
        in subsection (a) for an award or settlement described in 
        paragraph (1), the individual--
                ``(i) has not reimbursed the account for the entire 
            reimbursable portion as required under paragraph (1), 
            through withholdings or transfers under paragraphs (2) and 
            (3);
                ``(ii) is not serving in a position as a Member of the 
            House of Representatives or a Senator; and
                ``(iii) is employed in a subsequent non-Federal 
            position.
            ``(B) Garnishment or other collection of wages.--On the 
        expiration of that 270-day period, the amount of the 
        reimbursable portion of an award or settlement described in 
        paragraph (1) (reduced by any amount the individual has 
        reimbursed, taking into account any amounts withheld or 
        transferred under paragraph (2) or (3)) shall be treated as a 
        claim of the United States and transferred to the Secretary of 
        the Treasury for collection. Upon that transfer, the Secretary 
        of the Treasury shall collect the claim, in accordance with 
        section 3711 of title 31, United States Code, including by 
        administrative wage garnishment of the wages of the individual 
        described in subparagraph (A) from the position described in 
        subparagraph (A)(iii). The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        transfer the collected amount to the account described in 
        subsection (a).
        ``(5) Notification to office of personnel management and 
    secretary of the treasury.--
            ``(A) Individual subject to annuity or social security 
        withholding.--Subparagraph (B) shall apply to an individual 
        subject to a reimbursement requirement of this subsection if, 
        at any time after the expiration of the 270-day period 
        described in paragraph (4)(A), the individual--
                ``(i) has not served in a position as a Member of the 
            House of Representatives or a Senator during the preceding 
            90 days; and
                ``(ii) is not employed in a subsequent non-Federal 
            position.
            ``(B) Annuity or social security withholding.--If, at any 
        time after the 270-day period described in paragraph (4)(A), 
        the individual described in subparagraph (A) has not reimbursed 
        the account described in subsection (a) for the entire 
        reimbursable portion of the award or settlement described in 
        paragraph (1) (as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury), 
        through withholdings, transfers, or collections under 
        paragraphs (2) through (4), the Secretary of the Treasury 
        (after consultation with the payroll administrator)--
                ``(i) shall notify the Director of the Office of 
            Personnel Management, who shall take such actions as the 
            Director considers appropriate to withhold from any annuity 
            payable to the individual under chapter 83 or chapter 84 of 
            title 5, United States Code, and transfer to the account 
            described in subsection (a), such amounts as may be 
            necessary to reimburse the account for the remainder of the 
            reimbursable portion of an award or settlement described in 
            paragraph (1); and
                ``(ii) shall (if necessary), notwithstanding section 
            207 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 407), take such 
            actions as the Secretary of the Treasury considers 
            appropriate to withhold from any payment to the individual 
            under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et 
            seq.) and transfer to the account described in subsection 
            (a), such amounts as may be necessary to reimburse the 
            account for the remainder of the reimbursable portion of an 
            award or settlement described in paragraph (1).
        ``(6) Coordination between opm and treasury.--The Director of 
    the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary of the 
    Treasury shall carry out paragraph (5) in a manner that ensures the 
    coordination of the withholding and transferring of amounts under 
    such paragraph, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the 
    Director and the Secretary.
        ``(7) Certification.--Once the Executive Director determines 
    that an individual who is subject to a reimbursement requirement of 
    this subsection has reimbursed the account described in subsection 
    (a) for the entire reimbursable portion, the Executive Director 
    shall prepare a certification that the individual has completed 
    that reimbursement, and submit the certification to--
            ``(A) the Committees on House Administration and Ethics of 
        the House of Representatives, in the case of an individual who, 
        at the time of committing the act involved, was a Member of the 
        House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to the Congress); and
            ``(B) the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, in the 
        case of an individual who, at the time of committing the act 
        involved, was a Senator.
        ``(8) Right to intervene.--An individual who is subject to a 
    reimbursement requirement of this subsection shall have the 
    unconditional right to intervene in any mediation, hearing, or 
    civil action under this title to protect the interests of the 
    individual in the determination of whether an award or settlement 
    described in paragraph (1) should be made, and the amount of any 
    such award or settlement, except that nothing in this paragraph may 
    be construed to require the covered employee who filed the claim to 
    be deposed by counsel for the individual in a deposition that is 
    separate from any other deposition taken from the employee in 
    connection with the hearing or civil action.
        ``(9) Definitions.--In this subsection:
            ``(A) Non-federal position.--The term `non-Federal 
        position' means a position other than the position of an 
        employee, as defined in section 2105(a) of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            ``(B) Payroll administrator.--The term `payroll 
        administrator' means--
                ``(i) in the case of an individual who is a Member of 
            the House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative 
            Officer of the House of Representatives, or an employee of 
            the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer who is 
            designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out 
            this subsection; or
                ``(ii) in the case of an individual who is a Senator, 
            the Secretary of the Senate, or an employee of the Office 
            of the Secretary of the Senate who is designated by the 
            Secretary to carry out this subsection.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8437(e)(3) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ``an obligation of the Executive 
Director to make a transfer under section 415(d)(3) of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(d)(3)),'' 
before ``or an obligation''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to claims made on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    SEC. 112. AUTOMATIC REFERRAL TO CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEES OF 
      DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN CLAIMS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF 
      CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995 INVOLVING MEMBERS OF 
      CONGRESS AND SENIOR STAFF.
    Section 416(e) (2 U.S.C. 1416(e)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Automatic Referral to Congressional Ethics Committee of 
Dispositions of Claims Involving Members of Congress and Senior 
Staff.--
        ``(1) Referral.--Upon the final disposition under this title 
    (as described in paragraph (6)) of a claim alleging a violation 
    described in section 415(d)(1)(C) committed personally by a Member 
    of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
    Commissioner to the Congress) or a Senator, or by a senior staff of 
    the House of Representatives or Senate, the Executive Director 
    shall refer the claim to--
            ``(A) the Committee on Ethics of the House of 
        Representatives, in the case of a Member or senior staff of the 
        House; or
            ``(B) the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, in the 
        case of a Senator or senior staff of the Senate.
        ``(2) Access to records and information.--If the Executive 
    Director refers a claim to a Committee under paragraph (1), the 
    Executive Director shall provide the Committee with access to the 
    records of any preliminary reviews, hearings, or decisions of the 
    hearing officers and the Board under this Act, and any information 
    relating to an award or settlement paid, in response to such claim.
        ``(3) Review by senate ethics committee of settlements of 
    certain claims.--After the receipt of a settlement agreement for a 
    claim that includes an allegation of a violation described in 
    section 415(d)(1)(C) committed personally by a Senator, the Select 
    Committee on Ethics of the Senate shall--
            ``(A) not later than 90 days after that receipt, review the 
        settlement agreement;
            ``(B) determine whether an investigation of the claim is 
        warranted; and
            ``(C) if the Select Committee determines, after the 
        investigation, that the claim that resulted in the settlement 
        involved an actual violation described in section 415(d)(1)(C) 
        committed personally by the Senator, then the Select Committee 
        shall notify the Executive Director to request the 
        reimbursement described in section 415(d) and include the 
        settlement in the report required by section 301(l).
        ``(4) Protection of personally identifiable information.--If a 
    Committee to which a claim is referred under paragraph (1) issues a 
    report with respect to the claim, the Committee shall ensure that 
    the report does not directly disclose the identity or position of 
    the individual who filed the claim.
        ``(5) Committee authority to protect identity of a claimant.--
            ``(A) Authority.--If a Committee to which a claim is 
        referred under paragraph (1) issues a report as described in 
        paragraph (4) concerning a Member of the House of 
        Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
        to the Congress) or a Senator, or a senior staff of the House 
        of Representatives or Senate, the Committee may make an 
        appropriate redaction to the information or data included in 
        the report if the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee 
        reach agreement--
                ``(i) that including the information or data considered 
            for redaction may lead to the unintentional disclosure of 
            the identity or position of a claimant; and
                ``(ii) on the precise information or data to be 
            redacted.
            ``(B) Notation and statement.--The report including any 
        such redaction shall note each redaction and include a 
        statement that the redaction was made solely for the purpose of 
        avoiding such an unintentional disclosure of the identity or 
        position of a claimant.
            ``(C) Retention of reports.--The Committee making a 
        redaction in accordance with this paragraph shall retain a copy 
        of the report, without a redaction.
        ``(6) Final disposition described.--In this subsection, the 
    `final disposition' of a claim means any of the following:
            ``(A) An order or agreement to pay an award or settlement, 
        including an agreement reached pursuant to mediation under 
        section 404.
            ``(B) A final decision of a hearing officer under section 
        405(g) that is no longer subject to review by the Board under 
        section 406.
            ``(C) A final decision of the Board under section 406(e) 
        that is no longer subject to appeal to the United States Court 
        of Appeals for the Federal Circuit under section 407.
            ``(D) A final decision in a civil action under section 408 
        that is no longer subject to appeal.
        ``(7) Senior staff defined.--In this subsection, the term 
    `senior staff' means any individual who, at the time a violation 
    occurred, was required to file a report under title I of the Ethics 
    in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.).''.
    SEC. 113. AVAILABILITY OF REMOTE WORK ASSIGNMENT OR PAID LEAVE OF 
      ABSENCE DURING PENDENCY OF PROCEDURES.
    (a) In General.--Title IV (2 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:
    ``SEC. 417. OPTION TO REQUEST REMOTE WORK ASSIGNMENT OR PAID LEAVE 
      OF ABSENCE DURING PENDENCY OF PROCEDURES.
    ``(a) Options for Employees.--
        ``(1) Remote work assignment.--At the request of a covered 
    employee who files a claim alleging a violation of part A of title 
    II by the covered employee's employing office, during the pendency 
    of any of the procedures available under this title for 
    consideration of the claim, the employing office may permit the 
    covered employee to carry out the employee's responsibilities from 
    a remote location (referred to in this section as `permitting a 
    remote work assignment') where such relocation would have the 
    effect of materially reducing interactions between the covered 
    employee and any person alleged to have committed the violation, 
    instead of from a location of the employing office.
        ``(2) Exception for work assignments required to be carried out 
    onsite.--If, in the determination of the covered employee's 
    employing office, a covered employee who makes a request under this 
    subsection cannot carry out the employee's responsibilities from a 
    remote location or such relocation would not have the effect 
    described in paragraph (1), the employing office may during the 
    pendency of the procedures described in paragraph (1)--
            ``(A) grant a paid leave of absence to the covered 
        employee;
            ``(B) permit a remote work assignment and grant a paid 
        leave of absence to the covered employee; or
            ``(C) make another workplace adjustment, or permit a remote 
        work assignment, that would have the effect of reducing 
        interactions between the covered employee and any person 
        alleged to have committed the violation described in paragraph 
        (1).
        ``(3) Ensuring no retaliation.--An employing office may not 
    grant a covered employee's request under this subsection in a 
    manner which would constitute a violation of section 207.
        ``(4) No impact on vacation or personal leave.--In granting 
    leave for a paid leave of absence under this section, an employing 
    office shall not require the covered employee to substitute, for 
    that leave, any of the accrued paid vacation or personal leave of 
    the covered employee.
    ``(b) Exception for Arrangements Subject to Collective Bargaining 
Agreements.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the extent that it is 
inconsistent with the terms and conditions of any collective bargaining 
agreement which is in effect with respect to an employing office.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents is amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to title IV the following new item:

``Sec. 417. Option to request remote work assignment or paid leave of 
          absence during pendency of procedures.''.
    SEC. 114. MODIFICATION OF RULES ON CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROCEEDINGS.
    (a) Mediation.--Section 416(b) (2 U.S.C. 1416(b)) is amended by 
striking ``All mediation'' and inserting ``All information discussed or 
disclosed in the course of any mediation''.
    (b) Claims.--Section 416 (2 U.S.C. 1416), as amended by section 112 
and subsection (a) of this section, is further amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (a);
        (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) as subsections 
    (a) through (e), respectively;
        (3) in subsection (b), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this 
    subsection, by striking ``subsections (d), (e), and (f)'' and 
    inserting ``subsections (c), (d), and (e)''; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Claims.--Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit 
a covered employee from disclosing the factual allegations underlying 
the covered employee's claim, or to prohibit an employing office from 
disclosing the factual allegations underlying the employing office's 
defense to the claim, in the course of any proceeding under this 
title.''.
    SEC. 115. REIMBURSEMENT BY OTHER EMPLOYING OFFICES OF LEGISLATIVE 
      BRANCH OF PAYMENTS OF CERTAIN AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.
    (a) Requiring Reimbursement.--Section 415 (2 U.S.C. 1415), as 
amended by section 111, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(e) Reimbursement by Employing Offices.--
        ``(1) Notification of payments made from account.--As soon as 
    practicable after the Executive Director is made aware that a 
    payment of an award or settlement under this Act has been made from 
    the account described in subsection (a) in connection with a claim 
    alleging a violation of section 201(a) or 206(a) by an employing 
    office (other than an employing office of the House of 
    Representatives or an employing office of the Senate), the 
    Executive Director shall notify the head of the employing office 
    that the payment has been made, and shall include in the 
    notification a statement of the amount of the payment.
        ``(2) Reimbursement by office.--Not later than 180 days after 
    receiving a notification from the Executive Director under 
    paragraph (1), the head of the employing office involved shall 
    transfer to the account described in subsection (a), out of any 
    funds available for operating expenses of the office, a payment 
    equal to the amount specified in the notification.
        ``(3) Timetable and procedures for reimbursement.--The head of 
    an employing office shall transfer a payment under paragraph (2) in 
    accordance with such timetable and procedures as may be established 
    under regulations promulgated by the Office.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to payments made under section 415 of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415) for claims 
filed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

  TITLE II--IMPROVING OPERATIONS OF OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 
                                 RIGHTS

    SEC. 201. REPORTS ON AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.
    (a) Annual Reports on Awards and Settlements.--
        (1) Requiring submission and publication of reports.--Section 
    301 (2 U.S.C. 1381) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ``complaint'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``claim''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Annual Reports on Awards and Settlements.--
        ``(1) In general.--Subject to the rules issued by the 
    applicable committee pursuant to paragraph (2):
            ``(A) Requirement.--The Office shall prepare and submit to 
        Congress, and publish on the public website of the Office, an 
        annual report regarding payments from the account described in 
        section 415(a) that were the result of claims alleging a 
        violation of part A of title II (referred to in this subsection 
        as `covered payments').
            ``(B) Reporting.--The reporting required under this 
        paragraph shall--
                ``(i) for a covered payment, or the reimbursable 
            portion of a covered payment, described in paragraph (2), 
            conform to the requirements of the rules issued by the 
            applicable committee under such paragraph; and
                ``(ii) for a covered payment, or the portion of a 
            covered payment, not described in paragraph (2)--

                    ``(I) include the amount of the covered payment or 
                portion of the covered payment and information on the 
                employing office involved; and
                    ``(II) identify each provision of part A of title 
                II that was the subject of a claim resulting in the 
                covered payment or portion of the covered payment.

            ``(C) Reporting periods and dates.--The reporting required 
        under this paragraph--
                ``(i) for 2019, shall be submitted by the 60th day 
            after the date on which the committees described in 
            paragraph (2) issue the rules described in paragraph (2) 
            and shall reflect covered payments made in calendar year 
            2019; and
                ``(ii) for 2020 and each subsequent calendar year, 
            shall be submitted by January 31 of that year and shall 
            reflect covered payments made in the previous calendar 
            year.
        ``(2) Rules regarding reporting of covered payments for 
    employing offices of the house and employing offices of the 
    senate.--
            ``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this subsection, the Committee on House 
        Administration of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall each 
        issue rules establishing the content, format, and other 
        requirements for the reporting required under paragraph 
        (1)(B)(i) with respect to--
                ``(i) any covered payment made for claims involving an 
            employing office described in any of subparagraphs (A) 
            through (C) of section 101(a)(9) of the House of 
            Representatives or of the Senate, respectively; and
                ``(ii) the reimbursable portion of any such covered 
            payment for which there is a finding requiring 
            reimbursement under section 415(d)(1)(B) from a Member of 
            the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 
            Resident Commissioner to the Congress) or a Senator, 
            respectively.
            ``(B) Applicability.--The rules issued under subparagraph 
        (A)--
                ``(i) by the Committee on House Administration of the 
            House of Representatives shall apply to covered payments 
            made for claims involving employing offices described in 
            subparagraph (A)(i) of the House; and
                ``(ii) by the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
            the Senate shall apply to covered payments made for claims 
            involving employing offices described in subparagraph 
            (A)(i) of the Senate.
        ``(3) Protection of identity of individuals receiving awards 
    and settlements.--In preparing, submitting, and publishing the 
    reports required under paragraph (1), the Office shall ensure that 
    the identity or position of any claimant is not disclosed.
        ``(4) Authority to protect the identity of a claimant.--
            ``(A) In general.--In carrying out paragraph (3), the 
        Executive Director, in consultation with the Board, may make an 
        appropriate redaction to the data included in the report 
        described in paragraph (1) if the Executive Director, in 
        consultation with the Board, determines that including the data 
        considered for redaction may lead to the identity or position 
        of a claimant unintentionally being disclosed. The report shall 
        note each redaction and include a statement that the redaction 
        was made solely for the purpose of avoiding such an 
        unintentional disclosure of the identity or position of a 
        claimant.
            ``(B) Recordkeeping.--The Executive Director shall retain a 
        copy of the report described in paragraph (1), without 
        redactions.
        ``(5) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `claimant' 
    means an individual who received an award or settlement, or who 
    made an allegation of a violation against an employing office, 
    under part A of title II.''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)(B) 
    shall take effect on January 1, 2019.
    (b) Report on Amounts Previously Paid.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
    enactment of this Act, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights 
    shall submit to Congress and make available to the public on the 
    Office's public website a report on all payments made with public 
    funds (to include funds paid from the account described in section 
    415(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
    1415(a)), an account of the House of Representatives or Senate, or 
    any other account of the Federal Government) prior to the date of 
    the enactment of this Act for awards and settlements in connection 
    with violations of section 201(a) of the Congressional 
    Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1311(a)), or section 207 of 
    such Act (2 U.S.C. 1317), and shall include in the report the 
    following information:
            (A) The amount paid for each such award or settlement.
            (B) The source of the public funds used for the award or 
        settlement.
        (2) Rule of construction regarding identification of house and 
    senate accounts.--Nothing in paragraph (1)(B) may be construed to 
    require or permit the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to 
    report the account of any specific office of the House of 
    Representatives or Senate as the source of funds used for an award 
    or settlement.
    (c) Rulemaking Powers.--Section 501 (2 U.S.C. 1431) is amended in 
the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ``, section 301(l),'' 
before ``and 304(c)''.
    SEC. 202. WORKPLACE CLIMATE SURVEYS OF EMPLOYING OFFICES.
    (a) Requiring Surveys.--Title III (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``SEC. 307. WORKPLACE CLIMATE SURVEYS OF EMPLOYING OFFICES.
    ``(a) Requirement to Conduct Secure Surveys.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and every 2 years 
thereafter, the Office shall conduct a secure survey of employing 
offices under this Act regarding the workplace environment of such 
offices. Employee responses to the survey shall be voluntary.
    ``(b) Special Inclusion of Information on Sexual Harassment.--In 
each survey conducted under this section, the Office shall survey 
respondents on attitudes regarding sexual harassment.
    ``(c) Methodology.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Office shall conduct each survey under 
    this section in accordance with methodologies established by the 
    Office.
        ``(2) Confidentiality.--Under the methodologies established 
    under paragraph (1), all responses to all portions of the survey 
    shall be anonymous and confidential, and each respondent shall be 
    told throughout the survey that all responses shall be anonymous 
    and confidential.
        ``(3) Survey form.--The Office shall limit the use of any 
    information code or information on the survey form that makes a 
    respondent to the survey, or the respondent's employing office, 
    individually identifiable.
    ``(d) Use of Results of Surveys.--The Office shall furnish the 
information obtained from the surveys conducted under this section to 
the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 
Rules and Administration of the Senate.
    ``(e) Consultation With Committees.--The Office shall carry out 
this section, including establishment of methodologies and procedures 
under subsection (c), in consultation with the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Rules and Administration 
of the Senate.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents is amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to title III the following new item:

``Sec. 307. Workplace climate surveys of employing offices.''.
    SEC. 203. RECORD RETENTION.
    Section 301 (2 U.S.C. 1381), as amended by section 201(a), is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(m) Record Retention.--The Office shall establish and maintain a 
program for the permanent retention of its records, including the 
records of preliminary reviews, mediations, hearings, and other 
proceedings conducted under title IV.''.
    SEC. 204. CONFIDENTIAL ADVISORS.
    Section 302 (2 U.S.C. 1382) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as subsections 
    (e) through (g), respectively; and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Confidential Advisors.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Executive Director shall--
            ``(A) appoint, and fix the compensation of, and may remove, 
        1 or more confidential advisors to carry out the duties 
        described in this subsection; or
            ``(B) designate 1 or more employees of the Office to serve 
        as a confidential advisor.
        ``(2) Duties.--
            ``(A) Voluntary services.--A confidential advisor appointed 
        or designated under paragraph (1) shall offer to provide to 
        covered employees described in paragraph (4) the services 
        described in subparagraph (B), which a covered employee may 
        accept or decline.
            ``(B) Services.--The services referred to in subparagraph 
        (A) are--
                ``(i) informing, on a privileged and confidential 
            basis, a covered employee who has been subject to a 
            practice that may be a violation of part A of title II 
            about the employee's rights under this Act;
                ``(ii) consulting, on a privileged and confidential 
            basis, with a covered employee who has been subject to a 
            practice that may be a violation of part A of title II 
            regarding--

                    ``(I) the roles, responsibilities, and authority of 
                the Office; and
                    ``(II) the relative merits of securing private 
                counsel, designating a non-attorney representative, or 
                proceeding without representation for proceedings 
                before the Office;

                ``(iii) advising and consulting with, on a privileged 
            and confidential basis, a covered employee who has been 
            subject to a practice that may be a violation of part A of 
            title II regarding any claims the covered employee may have 
            under title IV, the factual allegations that support each 
            such claim, and the relative merits of the procedural 
            options available to the employee for each such claim;
                ``(iv) assisting, on a privileged and confidential 
            basis, a covered employee who seeks consideration under 
            title IV of an allegation of a violation of part A of title 
            II in understanding the procedures, and the significance of 
            the procedures, described in title IV, including--

                    ``(I) assisting or consulting with the covered 
                employee regarding the drafting of a claim to be filed 
                under section 402(a); and
                    ``(II) consulting with the covered employee 
                regarding the procedural options available to the 
                covered employee after a claim is filed, and the 
                relative merits of each option; and

                ``(v) informing, on a privileged and confidential 
            basis, a covered employee who has been subject to a 
            practice that may be a violation of part A of title II 
            about the option of pursuing, in appropriate circumstances, 
            a complaint with the Committee on Ethics of the House of 
            Representatives or the Select Committee on Ethics of the 
            Senate.
            ``(C) Continuity of service.--Once a covered employee has 
        accepted and received any services offered under this section 
        from a confidential advisor appointed or designated under 
        paragraph (1), any other services requested under this 
        subsection by the covered employee shall be provided, to the 
        extent practicable, by the same confidential advisor.
        ``(3) Qualifications.--A confidential advisor appointed or 
    designated under paragraph (1) shall be a lawyer who--
            ``(A) is admitted to practice before, and is in good 
        standing with, the bar of a State of the United States, the 
        District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States; and
            ``(B) has experience representing clients in cases 
        involving the workplace laws incorporated by part A of title 
        II.
        ``(4) Individuals covered.--The services described in paragraph 
    (2) are available to any covered employee (which, for purposes of 
    this subsection, shall include any staff member described in 
    section 201(d) and any former covered employee (including any such 
    former staff member)), except that--
            ``(A) a former covered employee may only request such 
        services if the practice that may be a violation of part A of 
        title II occurred during the employment or service of the 
        employee; and
            ``(B) a covered employee described in this paragraph may 
        only request such services before the expiration of the 180-day 
        period described in section 402(d).
        ``(5) Restrictions.--A confidential advisor appointed or 
    designated under paragraph (1)--
            ``(A) shall not act as the designated representative for 
        any covered employee in connection with the covered employee's 
        participation in any proceeding, including any proceeding under 
        this Act, any judicial proceeding, or any proceeding before any 
        committee of Congress;
            ``(B) shall not offer or provide services described in 
        paragraph (2)(B) to a covered employee if the covered employee 
        has designated an attorney representative in connection with 
        the covered employee's participation in any proceeding under 
        this Act, except that a confidential advisor may provide 
        general assistance and information to such attorney 
        representative regarding this Act and the role of the Office as 
        the confidential advisor determines appropriate; and
            ``(C) shall not serve as a mediator in any mediation 
        conducted pursuant to section 404.''.
    SEC. 205. GAO STUDY OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study of the management practices of the Office of 
Congressional Workplace Rights.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under 
subsection (a), and shall include in the report such recommendations as 
the Comptroller General considers appropriate for improvements to the 
management practices of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.
    SEC. 206. GAO AUDIT OF CYBERSECURITY.
    (a) Audit.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct an audit of the cybersecurity systems and practices of the 
Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report on the audit conducted under 
subsection (a), and shall include in the report such recommendations as 
the Comptroller General considers appropriate for improvements to the 
cybersecurity systems and practices of the Office of Congressional 
Workplace Rights.

                    TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS REFORMS

    SEC. 301. APPLICATION OF GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT 
      OF 2008.
    Section 102 (2 U.S.C. 1302) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.--
        ``(1) In general.--The provisions of this Act that apply to a 
    violation of section 201(a)(1) shall be considered to apply to a 
    violation of title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination 
    Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq.), consistent with section 
    207(c) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000ff-6(c)).
        ``(2) Construction.--
            ``(A) No limitation on other laws.--Nothing in this section 
        limits the provisions of this Act that apply to a violation of 
        a law described in subparagraph (B).
            ``(B) Other laws.--A law described in this subparagraph is 
        a law (even if not listed in subsection (a) or this subsection) 
        that explicitly applies one or more provisions of this Act to a 
        violation.''.
    SEC. 302. EXTENSION TO UNPAID STAFF OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS 
      AGAINST EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION.
    (a) Extension.--Section 201 (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 Staff.--
        ``(1) In general.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with 
    respect to--
            ``(A) any staff member of an employing office who carries 
        out official duties of the employing office but who is not paid 
        by the employing office for carrying out such duties (referred 
        to in this subsection as an `unpaid staff member'), including 
        an intern, an individual detailed to an employing office, and 
        an individual participating in a fellowship program, in the 
        same manner and to the same extent as such subsections apply 
        with respect to a covered employee; and
            ``(B) a former unpaid staff member, if the act that may be 
        a violation of subsection (a) occurred during the service of 
        the former unpaid staffer for the employing office.
        ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in paragraph (1) may be 
    construed to extend liability for a violation of subsection (a) to 
    an employing office on the basis of an action taken by any person 
    who is not under the supervision or control of the employing 
    office.
        ``(3) Intern defined.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
    term `intern' means an individual who performs service for an 
    employing office which is uncompensated by the United States to 
    earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a 
    trade or occupation, and includes any individual participating in a 
    page program operated by any House of Congress.''.
    (b) Technical Correction Relating to Office Responsible for 
Disbursement of Pay to House Employees.--Section 101(7) (2 U.S.C. 
1301(7)) is amended by striking ``disbursed by the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives'' and inserting ``disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives''.
    SEC. 303. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
      VISITORS.
    (a) Clarification.--Section 210 (2 U.S.C. 1331) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
    ``(h) Election of Remedies Relating to Rights to Public Services 
and Accommodations for Library Visitors.--
        ``(1) Definition of library visitor.--In this subsection, the 
    term `Library visitor' means an individual who is eligible to bring 
    a claim for a violation under title II or III of the Americans with 
    Disabilities Act of 1990 (other than a violation for which the 
    exclusive remedy is under section 201) against the Library of 
    Congress.
        ``(2) Election of remedies.--
            ``(A) In general.--A Library visitor who alleges a 
        violation of subsection (b) by the Library of Congress may, 
        subject to subparagraph (B)--
                ``(i) file a charge against the Library of Congress 
            under subsection (d); or
                ``(ii) use the remedies and procedures set forth in 
            section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
            2000e-16), as provided under section 510 (other than 
            paragraph (5)) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
            1990 (42 U.S.C. 12209).
            ``(B) Timing.--A Library visitor that has initiated 
        proceedings under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) may 
        elect to change and initiate a proceeding under the other 
        clause--
                ``(i) in the case of a Library visitor who first filed 
            a charge pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), before the 
            General Counsel files a complaint under subsection (d)(3); 
            or
                ``(ii) in the case of a Library visitor who first 
            initiated a proceeding under subparagraph (A)(ii), before 
            the Library visitor requests a hearing under the procedures 
            of the Library of Congress described in such 
            subparagraph.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 210(d)(2) (2 U.S.C. 1331(d)(2)) 
is amended by striking ``section 403'' and inserting ``section 404''.
    (c) Effective Date and Applicability.--The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if such amendments were included in 
the enactment of section 153 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141), and shall apply as specified in section 
153(c) of such Act.
    SEC. 304. NOTICES.
    (a) Requiring Employing Offices to Post Notices.--Part E of title 
II (2 U.S.C. 1361) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``SEC. 226. NOTICES.
    ``(a) In General.--Every employing office shall post and keep 
posted (in conspicuous places upon its premises where notices to 
covered employees are customarily posted) a notice provided by the 
Office that--
        ``(1) describes the rights, protections, and procedures 
    applicable to covered employees of the employing office under this 
    Act, concerning violations described in subsection (b); and
        ``(2) includes contact information for the Office.
    ``(b) Violations.--A violation described in this subsection is--
        ``(1) discrimination prohibited by section 201(a) (including, 
    in accordance with section 102(c), discrimination prohibited by 
    title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 
    (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq.)) or 206(a); and
        ``(2) a violation of section 207 that is related to 
    discrimination described in paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents is amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to part E of title II the following 
new item:

``Sec. 226. Notices.''.
    SEC. 305. CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES OF HELSINKI AND 
      CHINA COMMISSIONS.
    (a) Clarification of Coverage.--Section 101 (2 U.S.C. 1301), as 
amended by section 302(b), is further amended--
        (1) by striking ``Except as otherwise'' and inserting ``(a) In 
    General.--Except as otherwise''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Clarification of Coverage of Employees of Certain 
Commissions.--
        ``(1) Coverage.--With respect to the China Review Commission, 
    the Congressional-Executive China Commission, and the Helsinki 
    Commission--
            ``(A) any individual who is an employee of such Commission 
        shall be considered a covered employee for purposes of this 
        Act; and
            ``(B) the Commission shall be considered an employing 
        office for purposes of this Act.
        ``(2) Authority to provide legal assistance and 
    representation.--Subject to paragraph (3), legal assistance and 
    representation under this Act, including assistance and 
    representation with respect to the proposal or acceptance of the 
    disposition of a claim under this Act, shall be provided to the 
    China Review Commission, the Congressional-Executive China 
    Commission, and the Helsinki Commission--
            ``(A) by the Office of House Employment Counsel of the 
        House of Representatives, in the case of assistance and 
        representation in connection with a claim filed under title IV 
        (including all subsequent proceedings under such title in 
        connection with the claim) at a time when the chair of the 
        Commission is a Member of the House, and in the case of 
        assistance and representation in connection with any subsequent 
        claim under title IV related to the initial claim where the 
        subsequent claim involves the same parties; or
            ``(B) by the Office of Senate Chief Counsel for Employment 
        of the Senate, in the case of assistance and representation in 
        connection with a claim filed under title IV (including all 
        subsequent proceedings under such title in connection with the 
        claim) at a time when the chair of the Commission is a Senator, 
        and in the case of assistance and representation in connection 
        with any subsequent claim under title IV related to the initial 
        claim where the subsequent claim involves the same parties.
        ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `China Review Commission' means the United 
        States-China Economic and Security Review Commission 
        established under section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 
        7002), as enacted into law by section 1 of Public Law 106-398;
            ``(B) the term `Congressional-Executive China Commission' 
        means the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's 
        Republic of China established under title III of the U.S.-China 
        Relations Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-286; 22 U.S.C. 6911 et 
        seq.); and
            ``(C) the term `Helsinki Commission' means the Commission 
        on Security and Cooperation in Europe established under the Act 
        entitled `An Act to establish a Commission on Security and 
        Cooperation in Europe', approved June 3, 1976 (Public Law 94-
        304; 22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).''.
    (b) Coverage of Stennis Center.--
        (1) Treatment of employees as covered employees.--Section 
    101(a)(3) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(3)) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (I);
            (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (J) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(K) the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
        Training and Development.''.
        (2) Treatment of center as employing office.--Section 
    101(a)(9)(D) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(9)(D)) is amended by striking ``and 
    the Office of Technology Assessment'' and inserting the following: 
    ``the Office of Technology Assessment, and the John C. Stennis 
    Center for Public Service Training and Development''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Paragraphs (7) and (8) of section 
101(a) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)) are each amended by striking ``subparagraphs 
(C) through (I)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (C) through (K)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995.
    SEC. 306. TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF OTHER EMPLOYING 
      OFFICES.
    (a) Requiring Offices to Develop and Implement Programs.--Title V 
(2 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating section 509 as section 510; and
        (2) by inserting after section 508 the following new section:
    ``SEC. 509. TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF EMPLOYING OFFICES.
    ``(a) Requiring Offices to Develop and Implement Programs.--Each 
employing office shall develop and implement a program to train and 
educate covered employees of the office in the rights and protections 
provided under this Act, including the procedures available under title 
IV to consider alleged violations of this Act.
    ``(b) Report to Committees.--
        ``(1) In general.--Not later than 45 days after the beginning 
    of each Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Seventeenth 
    Congress), each employing office shall submit a report to the 
    Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives 
    and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate on the 
    implementation of the program required under subsection (a).
        ``(2) Special rule for first report.--Not later than 180 days 
    after the date of the enactment of the Congressional Accountability 
    Act of 1995 Reform Act, each employing office shall submit the 
    report described in paragraph (1) to the Committees described in 
    such paragraph.
    ``(c) Exception for Offices of Congress.--This section does not 
apply to an employing office of the House of Representatives or an 
employing office of the Senate.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents is amended--
        (1) by redesignating the item relating to section 509 as 
    relating to section 510; and
        (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 508 the 
    following new item:

``Sec. 509. Training and education programs of employing offices.''.
    SEC. 307. SUPPORT FOR OUT-OF-AREA COVERED EMPLOYEES.
    (a) In General.--Title V (2 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), as amended by 
section 306(a), is further amended--
        (1) by redesignating section 510 as section 511; and
        (2) by inserting after section 509, as inserted by section 
    306(a), the following:
    ``SEC. 510. SUPPORT FOR OUT-OF-AREA COVERED EMPLOYEES.
    ``(a) In General.--All covered employees whose location of 
employment is outside of the Washington, DC area (referred to in this 
section as `out-of-area covered employees') shall have equitable access 
to the resources and services provided by the Office and under this Act 
as is provided to covered employees who work in the Washington, DC 
area.
    ``(b) Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.--The Office shall--
        ``(1) establish a method by which out-of-area covered employees 
    may communicate securely with the Office, which shall include an 
    option for real-time audiovisual communication; and
        ``(2) provide guidance to employing offices regarding how each 
    office can facilitate equitable access to the resources and 
    services provided under this Act for its out-of-area covered 
    employees, including information regarding the communication 
    methods described in paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Employing Offices.--It is the sense of Congress that each 
employing office with out-of-area covered employees should use its best 
efforts to facilitate equitable access to the resources and services 
provided under this Act for those employees.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents, as amended by 
section 306(b), is amended--
        (1) by redesignating the item relating to section 510 as 
    relating to section 511; and
        (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 509, as 
    inserted by section 306(b), the following new item:

``Sec. 510. Support for out-of-area covered employees.''.
    SEC. 308. RENAMING OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE AS OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL 
      WORKPLACE RIGHTS.
    (a) Renaming.--Section 301 (2 U.S.C. 1381) is amended--
        (1) in the section heading, by striking ``office of 
    compliance'' and inserting ``office of congressional workplace 
    rights''; and
        (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Office of Compliance'' and 
    inserting ``Office of Congressional Workplace Rights''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments to Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995.--The Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, as amended by 
section 305(a), is further amended as follows:
        (1) In section 101(a)(1) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)), by striking 
    ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of Congressional 
    Workplace Rights''.
        (2) In section 101(a)(2) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(2)), by striking 
    ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of Congressional 
    Workplace Rights''.
        (3) In section 101(a)(3)(H) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(3)(H)), by 
    striking ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of 
    Congressional Workplace Rights''.
        (4) In section 101(a)(9)(D) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(9)(D)), by 
    striking ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of 
    Congressional Workplace Rights''.
        (5) In section 101(a)(10) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(10)), by striking 
    ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of Congressional 
    Workplace Rights''.
        (6) In section 101(a)(11) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(11)), by striking 
    ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of Congressional 
    Workplace Rights''.
        (7) In section 101(a)(12) (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(12)), by striking 
    ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of Congressional 
    Workplace Rights''.
        (8) In section 210(a)(9) (2 U.S.C. 1331(a)(9)), by striking 
    ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of Congressional 
    Workplace Rights''.
        (9) In section 215(e)(1) (2 U.S.C. 1341(e)(1)), by striking 
    ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of Congressional 
    Workplace Rights''.
        (10) In section 220(e)(2)(G) (2 U.S.C. 1351(e)(2)(G)), by 
    striking ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of 
    Congressional Workplace Rights''.
        (11) In the title heading of title III, by striking ``OFFICE OF 
    COMPLIANCE'' and inserting ``OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 
    RIGHTS''.
        (12) In section 304(c)(4) (2 U.S.C. 1384(c)(4)), by striking 
    ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of Congressional 
    Workplace Rights''.
        (13) In section 304(c)(5) (2 U.S.C. 1384(c)(5)), by striking 
    ``Office of Compliance'' and inserting ``Office of Congressional 
    Workplace Rights''.
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents is amended--
        (1) by amending the item relating to the heading of title III 
    to read as follows:

      ``TITLE III--OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS''; and

        (2) by amending the item relating to section 301 to read as 
    follows:

``Sec. 301. Establishment of Office of Congressional Workplace 
          Rights.''.

    (d) Effective Date; References in Other Laws, Rules, and 
Regulations.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. Any reference to the Office of 
Compliance in any law, rule, regulation, or other official paper in 
effect as of such date shall be considered to refer and apply to the 
Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.

                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

    SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE.
    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the 
expiration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) No Effect on Pending Proceedings.--Nothing in this Act or the 
amendments made by this Act may be construed to affect any proceeding 
or payment of an award or settlement relating to a claim under title IV 
of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) 
which is pending as of the date after that 180-day period. If, as of 
that date, an employee has begun any of the proceedings under that 
title that were available to the employee prior to that date, the 
employee may complete, or initiate and complete, all such proceedings, 
and such proceedings shall remain in effect with respect to, and 
provide the exclusive proceedings for, the claim involved until the 
completion of all such proceedings.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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