[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 4, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 
                                  2015

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on House Administration be discharged from further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1213) to make administrative and 
technical corrections to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, 
and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Emmer of Minnesota). Is there objection 
to the request of the gentlewoman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 1213

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Compliance 
     Administrative and Technical Corrections Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 2. PROCEDURES FOR MEDIATION AND HEARINGS UNDER 
                   CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.

       (a) Requiring Mediators To Be Appointed From Master List.--
     Section 403 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 
     (2 U.S.C. 1403) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``after considering 
     recommendations by organizations composed primarily of 
     individuals experienced in adjudicating or arbitrating 
     personnel matters'' and inserting ``from the master list 
     developed and maintained under subsection (e)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Master List of Mediators.--
       ``(1) Development and maintenance of master list.--The 
     Executive Director shall develop and maintain a master list 
     of individuals who are experienced in adjudicating, 
     arbitrating, or mediating the kinds of personnel and other 
     matters for which mediation may be held under this section. 
     Such list may include, but not be limited to, members of the 
     bar of a State or the District of Columbia and retired judges 
     of the United States courts.
       ``(2) Consideration of candidates.--In developing the 
     master list under this subsection, the Executive Director 
     shall consider candidates recommended by the Federal 
     Mediation and Conciliation Service or the Administrative 
     Conference of the United States.''.
       (b) Clarification of Deadline To Elect Proceedings After 
     End of Period of Mediation.--Section 404 of such Act (2 
     U.S.C. 1404) is amended by striking ``Not later than 90 days 
     after a covered employee receives notice of the end of the 
     period of mediation, but no sooner than 30 days after receipt 
     of such notification, such covered employee'' and inserting 
     ``Not later than 90 days, but not sooner than 30 days, after 
     the end of the period of mediation, a covered employee''.
       (c) Notification of Confidentiality Requirements.--
       (1) Mediations.--Section 416(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
     1416(b)) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting the following: ``, and the Executive Director shall 
     notify each person participating in the mediation of the 
     confidentiality requirement and of the sanctions applicable 
     to any person who violates the confidentiality 
     requirement.''.
       (2) Hearings and deliberations.--Section 416(c) of such Act 
     (2 U.S.C. 1416(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``The Executive Director shall notify each person 
     participating in a proceeding or deliberation to which this 
     subsection applies of the requirements of this subsection and 
     of the sanctions applicable to any person who violates the 
     requirements of this subsection.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to mediations and other proceedings 
     which are first initiated after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

     SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL TERM FOR MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF 
                   OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE.

       Notwithstanding section 301(e)(1) of the Congressional 
     Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(e)(1)), any 
     individual serving as a member of the Board of Directors of 
     the Office of Compliance as of February 28, 2015, may be 
     appointed to serve for one additional term of 2 years.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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