Sec. 201. Reports on claims, awards, and settlements
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Section 301 ( 2 U.S.C. 1381 ) is amended— in subsection (h)(3), by striking complaint each place it appears and inserting claim ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: Not later than 45 days after the first 6-month period of each calendar year, and not later than 45 days after the next 6-month period of each calendar year, the Office shall submit to Congress and publish on the Office’s public website a report listing each award or settlement which was paid during the previous two 6-month periods from the account described in section 415(a) as the result of a claim alleging a violation of part A of title II, including the employing office involved, the amount of the award or settlement, the provision of part A of title II which was the subject of the claim, and (in the case of an award or settlement resulting from a violation described in section 415(d)(1)(B) which was committed personally by a Member or former Member of Congress), whether the Member or former Member is in compliance with the requirement of section 415(d) to reimburse the account for the amount of the award or settlement.
In preparing and submitting the reports required under paragraph (1), the Office shall ensure that the identity or position of any individual who received an award or settlement, or who made an allegation of a violation against an employing office, is not disclosed. . The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to 2018 and each succeeding year. 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) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1311(a) ), 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. Nothing in paragraph (1)(B) may be construed to require or permit the Office of Compliance to report the account of any specific office of the House of Representatives or Senate as the source of funds used for an award or settlement.
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