Sec. 112. Automatic referral to congressional ethics committees of disposition of certain claims alleging violations of Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 involving Members of Congress and senior staff
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Section 416(e) ( 2 U.S.C. 1416(e) ) is amended to read as follows: Upon the final disposition under this title (as described in paragraph (5)) of a claim alleging covered harassment or covered discrimination committed personally by a Member of Congress (as defined in section 415(e)), or covered harassment or covered discrimination (as those terms are defined in section 415(e)(4)) committed personally by a senior staffer of an employing office described in subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of section 101(9), the Executive Director shall refer the claim to— the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives, in the case of a Member or senior staffer of the House (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress); or the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, in the case of a Senator or senior staffer of the Senate. If the Executive Director refers a claim to a Committee under paragraph (1), the Executive Director shall provide the Committee with access to the records of any investigations, hearings, or decisions of the hearing officers, General Council, and the Board under this title, and any information relating to an award or settlement paid, in response to such claim. If a Committee to which a claim is referred under paragraph
(1)issues a report with respect to the claim, the Committee shall ensure that the report does not directly disclose the identity or position of the individual who filed the claim. If a Committee issues a report as described in paragraph (3), the Committee may, in accordance with subparagraph (B), make an appropriate redaction to the information or data included in the report if the Committee and the appropriate decisionmakers described in subparagraph
(B)determine that including the information or data considered for redaction may lead to the unintentional disclosure of the identity or position of a claimant. The report including any such redaction shall note each redaction and include a statement that the redaction was made solely for the purpose of avoiding such an unintentional disclosure of the identity or position of a claimant. The Committee shall make a redaction under subparagraph
(A)only if agreement is reached on the precise information or data to be redacted by— the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives, in the case of a report concerning a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) or a senior staffer who is an employee of the House of Representatives; or the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, in the case of a report concerning a Senator or senior staffer who is an employee of the Senate. Each committee described in subparagraph
(B)shall retain a copy of the report, without redactions. In this subsection, the final disposition of a claim means the following: An agreement to pay a settlement, including an agreement reached pursuant to mediation under section 404. An order to pay an award that is final and not subject to appeal. In this subsection, the term senior staffer means any individual who, at the time a violation occurred, was required to file a report under title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). .
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Sec. 112
Automatic referral to congressional ethics committees of disposition of certain claims alleging violations of Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 involving Members of Congress and senior staff
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