[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 52 (Friday, March 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1602-H1603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REQUIRING EACH MEMBER, OFFICER, AND EMPLOYEE OF THE HOUSE OF 
 REPRESENTATIVES TO COMPLETE A PROGRAM OF TRAINING IN WORKPLACE RIGHTS 
   AND RESPONSIBILITIES EACH SESSION OF EACH CONGRESS, AND FOR OTHER 
                                PURPOSES

  Ms. LOFGREN. Madam Speaker, I send to the desk a resolution and ask 
unanimous consent for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 257

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. MANDATORY COMPLETION OF PROGRAM OF TRAINING IN 
                   WORKPLACE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

       (a) Requiring Training for All Members, Officers, and 
     Employees.--
       (1) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the adoption of this resolution, the Committee on House 
     Administration shall issue regulations to provide that, 
     during each session of each Congress, each Member (including 
     each Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress), 
     officer, and employee of the House of Representatives shall 
     complete a program of training in the workplace rights and 
     responsibilities applicable to offices and employees of the

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     House under part A of title II of the Congressional 
     Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), including 
     anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training.
       (2) Inclusion of interns, fellows, and detailees.--For 
     purposes of this resolution, an individual serving in an 
     office of the House of Representatives as an intern 
     (including an unpaid intern), a participant in a fellowship 
     program, or a detailee from another office of the Federal 
     government shall be considered an employee of the House.
       (3) Exception for participants in new member orientation 
     programs.--If an individual completed a program of training 
     required under paragraph (1) during the new Member 
     orientation program administered by the Committee on House 
     Administration prior to the beginning of a Congress, the 
     individual is not required to complete the program during the 
     first session of the Congress.
       (b) Deadline.--
       (1) In general.--Under the regulations issued by the 
     Committee on House Administration under subsection (a), an 
     individual shall complete the program of training required 
     under subsection (a) and file a certificate of completion of 
     such training not later than--
       (A) in the case of an individual who is serving as a 
     Member, officer, or employee of the House as of the date on 
     which the Committee first certifies that the program is in 
     operation for the session, not later than 90 days after such 
     date; or
       (B) in the case of any other individual, not later than 90 
     days after the individual first becomes a Member, officer, or 
     employee of the House.
       (2) Alternative deadlines.--The Committee on House 
     Administration may include in the regulations issued under 
     subsection (a)--
       (A) an alternative deadline for individuals serving as 
     interns and participants in fellowship programs to take into 
     account the duration of their service; and
       (B) an alternative deadline for individuals who first 
     become Members, officers, or employees of the House towards 
     the end of a session of Congress to take into account the 
     amount of time remaining in the session.
       (3) Special rule for first session of one hundred 
     seventeenth congress.--In the case of the first session of 
     the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, an individual described 
     in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall complete the 
     program required under subsection (a) not later than 90 days 
     after the date of the adoption of this resolution.
       (c) Additional Mechanisms.--The Committee on House 
     Administration shall consider additional mechanisms to ensure 
     compliance with the training requirement under subsection 
     (a).

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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