Sec. 2. Prohibiting use of public funds to pay settlements and awards for claims under Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 which arise from sexual harassment
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Section 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1415 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking subsection
(c)and inserting subsections
(c)and
(d); and by adding at the end the following new subsection: No funds of the Treasury of the United States, including the account described in subsection (a), an account of the House of Representatives or Senate, or any other account of the Federal Government, may be used for the payment of an award or settlement in connection with a violation of section 201(a)(1) if the violation consists of an act of sexual harassment or sexual assault. . The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to settlements and awards paid on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Compliance shall submit to Congress and make available to the public on the Office’s public website a report on all payments made with public funds prior to the date of the enactment of this Act for awards and settlements in connection with violations of section 201(a)(1) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, and shall include in the report the following information: The amount paid for each such award or settlement. The source of the public funds used for the award or settlement, without regard to whether the funds were paid from the account described in section 415(a) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 1415(a) ), an account of the House of Representatives or Senate, or any other account of the Federal Government. The identification of the employing office involved and any individual who committed the violation involved. In preparing and submitting the report required under paragraph (1), the Office of Compliance shall ensure that the identity of any individual who received an award or settlement, or who made an allegation of a violation against an employing office, is not disclosed. Each individual who committed an act of sexual harassment or sexual assault for which an award or settlement described in paragraph
(1)was paid with public funds at any time after the enactment of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 shall make a payment to the Treasury of the United States in an amount equal to the amount of the award or settlement involved, increased by an interest rate equal to the interest rate for a Federal Direct PLUS Loan on the date on which the award or settlement was paid in accordance with section 455(b)(8)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)(8)(C) ).
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Prohibiting use of public funds to pay settlements and awards for claims under Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 which arise from sexual harassment
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