    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 172-175]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

           105      MANDATING ANTI-HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR SENATORS AND
                 OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND INTERNS OF, AND DETAILEES TO THE
                                           SENATE

                    Resolved,
                            SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                                    This resolution may be cited as the
                                ``Senate Anti-Harassment Training Resolution
                                of 2017''.
                            Sec. 2. Definitions.
                                    In this resolution--
                                    (1) the term ``covered office'' means an
                                office, including a joint commission or
                                joint committee, employing Senate employees;
                                    (2) the term ``covered position'' means
                                a position as--
                                      (A) a Senate employee that is not a
                                position as a Senate manager;
                                      (B) an intern or fellow in a covered
                                office--
                                        (i) without regard to whether the
                                intern or fellow receives compensation; and

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                                        (ii) if the intern or fellow does
                                receive compensation, without regard to the
                                source of compensation; or
                                      (C) a detailee in a covered office,
                                without regard to whether the service is on
                                a reimbursable basis;
                                    (3) the term ``head of a covered
                                office'' means--
                                      (A) the Senator, officer, or Senate
                                manager having final authority to appoint,
                                hire, discharge, and set the terms,
                                conditions, or privileges of the employment
                                of the Senate employees employed by a
                                covered office; or
                                      (B) in the case of a covered office
                                that is 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 committee or commission; 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 on the committee or
                                commission, is the most senior Senator on
                                the committee or commission;

                                    (4) the term ``officer'' means an
                                elected or appointed officer of the Senate;
                                    (5) the term ``Senate employee'' means
                                an employee whose pay is disbursed by the
                                Secretary of the Senate, without regard to
                                the term of the appointment; and
                                    (6) the term ``Senate manager'' means a
                                Senate employee empowered to effect a
                                significant change in the employment status
                                of another Senate employee, such as hiring,
                                firing, failing to promote, reassignment
                                with significantly different
                                responsibilities, or a decision causing a
                                change in benefits.
                            Sec. 3. Anti-Harassment Training.
                            (a) Senators, Officers, and Senate Managers.--
                        Each head of a covered office and Senate manager
                        shall complete training that addresses the various
                        forms of workplace harassment, including sexual
                        harassment, and related intimidation and reprisal
                        that are prohibited under the Congressional
                        Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.)
                        and their role

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                        in recognizing and responding to harassment and
                        harassment complaints.
                            (b) Other Senate Staff.--Any individual serving
                        in a covered position shall complete training that
                        addresses the various forms of workplace harassment,
                        including sexual harassment, and related
                        intimidation and reprisal that are prohibited under
                        the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2
                        U.S.C. 1301 et seq.).
                            (c) Ensuring Access.--The head of a covered
                        office shall ensure that each individual serving in
                        a covered position or as a Senate manager in the
                        covered office has access to the training required
                        under this section.
                            Sec. 4. Timing.
                            (a) Initial Training.--
                                    (1) In General.--The training required
                                under section 3 shall be completed--
                                      (A) for an individual elected,
                                appointed, or assigned to a position as a
                                Senator, officer, orSenate manager or to a
                                covered position after the date of adoption
                                of this resolution who was not serving in
                                the same covered office as a Senator,
                                officer, or Senate manager or in a covered
                                position immediately before being so
                                elected, appointed, or assigned, not later
                                than 60 days after the date on which the
                                individual assumes the position; and
                                      (B) except as provided in paragraph
                                (2), for an individual serving in a position
                                as a Senator, officer, or Senate manager or
                                in a covered position on the date of
                                adoption of this resolution, not later than
                                60 days after such date of adoption.
                                    (2) Individuals Receiving Recent
                                Training.--An individual serving as a
                                Senator, officer, or Senate manager or in a
                                covered position on the date of adoption of
                                this resolution who completed training that
                                addresses the various forms of workplace
                                harassment, including sexual harassment, and
                                related intimidation and reprisal that are
                                prohibited under the Congressional
                                Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et
                                seq.) during the period beginning on the
                                first day of the 115th Congress and ending
                                on such date of adoption shall be deemed to
                                have completed training under paragraph
                                (1)(B).

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                            (b) Periodic Training.--An individual serving in
                        a position as a Senator, officer, or Senate manager
                        or in a covered position shall complete the training
                        required under section 3 at least once during each
                        Congress beginning after the Congress during which
                        the individual completes the initial training in
                        accordance with subsection 9 (a).
                            Sec. 5. Certification.
                            (a) In General.--Not later than the last day of
                        each Congress, each covered office shall submit to
                        the Secretary of the Senate a certification
                        indicating whether each Senator, officer, and Senate
                        manager serving in a position in the covered office
                        and each individual serving in a covered position in
                        the covered office has completed the training
                        requirements under this resolution during that
                        Congress.
                            (b) Publication.--Not later than 30 days after
                        the first day of each Congress, the Secretary of the
                        Senate shall publish each certification submitted to
                        the Secretary of the Senate under subsection (a)
                        with respect to the previous Congress on the public
                        website of the Secretary of the Senate.
                            Sec. 6. Regulations or Guidance.
                            The Committee on Rules and Administration of the
                        Senate is authorized to issue such regulations or
                        guidance as it may determine necessary to carry out
                        this resolution.

                [S. Res. 330, 115-1, Nov. 9, 2017.]