[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 323 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 323

Requiring sexual harassment training for Members, officers, employees, 
interns, and fellows of the Senate and a periodic survey of the Senate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2017

 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Ernst, 
   Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. 
 Booker) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                 Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Requiring sexual harassment training for Members, officers, employees, 
interns, and fellows of the Senate and a periodic survey of the Senate.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Senate Training on Prevention 
of Sexual Harassment Resolution'' or the ``STOP Sexual Harassment 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this resolution--
            (1) the term ``covered office'' means an office, including 
        a joint commission or joint committee, employing employees of 
        the Senate;
            (2) the term ``covered position'' means a position as--
                    (A) a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate;
                    (B) an intern or fellow serving in a position in a 
                covered office--
                            (i) without regard to whether the intern or 
                        fellow receives compensation; and
                            (ii) if the intern or fellow does receive 
                        compensation, without regard to the source of 
                        compensation; or
                    (C) a detailee serving in a position in a covered 
                office, without regard to whether the service is on a 
                reimbursable basis;
            (3) the term ``employee of the Senate'' means an individual 
        whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, without 
        regard to the term of the appointment;
            (4) the term ``head of a covered office'' means--
                    (A) the Member, officer, or employee of the Senate 
                having final authority to appoint, hire, discharge, and 
                set the terms, conditions, or privileges of the 
                employment of the employees of the Senate employed by a 
                covered office; or
                    (B) in the case of a joint committee or joint 
                commission, the Senator from the majority party of the 
                Senate who--
                            (i) is a member of, or has authority over, 
                        the covered office; and
                            (ii)(I) serves in the highest leadership 
                        role in the committee or commission; or
                            (II) if there is no such leadership role 
                        for a Senator in the committee or commission, 
                        is the most senior Senator on the committee or 
                        commission;
            (5) the term ``officer'' means an elected or appointed 
        officer of the Senate; and
            (6) the term ``sexual harassment'' means harassment that 
        constitutes discrimination because of sex that is prohibited 
        under section 201 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
        1995 (2 U.S.C. 1311).

SEC. 3. SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING.

    (a) In General.--The Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate shall issue rules as expeditiously as possible requiring each 
individual serving in a covered position to periodically complete 
sexual harassment training provided by the Office of Compliance or the 
Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment.
    (b) Requirements.--The rules issued under subsection (a) shall 
require that--
            (1) an individual elected, appointed, or assigned to a 
        covered position after the date on which the rules are issued 
        who was not serving in a covered position immediately before 
        being so elected, appointed, or assigned shall complete 
        training described in subsection (a) not later than 60 days 
        after the date on which the individual assumes the position;
            (2) an individual serving in a covered position on the date 
        on which the rules are issued who has not previously completed 
        training described in subsection (a) shall complete such 
        training not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
        rules are issued;
            (3) in addition to complying with paragraphs (1) and (2), 
        each individual serving in a covered position shall complete a 
        course of training described in subsection (a) periodically, as 
        specified by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
        Senate; and
            (4) the head of each covered office shall submit to the 
        Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate--
                    (A) a list of each individual serving in a covered 
                position in the covered office on the date on which the 
                rules are issued who previously completed training 
                described in subsection (a);
                    (B) information regarding the completion of 
                training described in subsection (a) after the date on 
                which the rules are issued by an individual serving in 
                a covered position in the covered office; and
                    (C) notice of a failure by an individual serving in 
                a covered position in the covered office to comply with 
                the rules.
    (c) Contents of Training.--It is the sense of the Senate that, for 
purposes of training conducted after the date on which the rules are 
issued under subsection (a), the sexual harassment training described 
in subsection (a) should be reviewed and updated to include--
            (1) information and practical guidance regarding any 
        applicable Federal laws concerning the prohibition against and 
        the prevention and correction of sexual harassment and the 
        rights of victims of sexual harassment in employment;
            (2) practical examples aimed at instructing supervisors in 
        the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation;
            (3) presentations by individuals with knowledge and 
        expertise in the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and 
        retaliation;
            (4) a discussion of the consequences for perpetrators of 
        sexual harassment; and
            (5) information regarding the prohibition under the 
        Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et 
        seq.) against retaliation against witnesses to, or individuals 
        who experience, sexual harassment and who report the 
        harassment.
    (d) Consultation.--It is the sense of the Senate that the Office of 
Compliance and the Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment 
should, in implementing the training described in subsection (a) and 
making any updates to the training in accordance with subsection (c), 
consult with--
            (1) entities having significant expertise in identifying, 
        preventing, and responding to sexual harassment; and
            (2) sexual harassment victims or sexual harassment victim 
        advocates.

SEC. 4. PERIODIC SURVEY.

    During each Congress, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate shall--
            (1) in consultation with the Office of Compliance, the 
        Senate Chief Counsel for Employment, and an entity having 
        expertise in developing surveys, conduct an anonymous survey of 
        Members, officers, and employees of the Senate relating to the 
        prevalence of sexual harassment in the Senate during the 
        previous Congress, which shall include questions regarding--
                    (A) the experience of the respondent with sexual 
                harassment or related inappropriate behavior in the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) if the respondent experienced sexual harassment 
                or related inappropriate behavior and did not initiate 
                the process under title IV of the Congressional 
                Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), why 
                the respondent chose not to do so;
            (2) submit only to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
        Committee on Rules and Administration, the Chairman and Ranking 
        Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Chairman and 
        Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of 
        the survey; and
            (3) take all steps necessary to preserve the anonymity of 
        survey respondents and protect the confidentiality of any data 
        that is collected under this section.
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