Sec. 2. Mandatory consideration by ethics committees of expulsion of Members of Congress committing acts of sexual harassment under Congressional Accountability Act
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Title V of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amended— by redesignating section 509 as section 510; and by inserting after section 508 the following new section: If it is determined in any final decision entered under section 405(g) or 406(e), or in any decision in a civil action brought under section 408, that a violation of section 201(a)(1) occurred which consisted of an act of sexual harassment committed personally by a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) or a Senator, or if the payment of an award or settlement under this Act is ordered in connection with a violation of section 201(a)(1) which consists of such an act— in the case of an act committed by a Member of the House, the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives shall conduct an investigation and issue a report on the question of whether the Member should be expelled from the House; or in the case of an act committed by a Senator, the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate shall conduct an investigation and issue a report on the question of whether the Senator should be expelled from the Senate. .
The table of contents of such Act is amended— by redesignating the item relating to section 509 as relating to section 510; and by inserting after the item relating to section 508 the following new item: Sec. 509. Mandatory consideration by ethics committees of question of expulsion of Members of Congress committing acts of sexual harassment. . The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to acts occurring before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Mandatory consideration by ethics committees of expulsion of Members of Congress committing acts of sexual harassment under Congressional Accountability Act
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