Sec. 201. Reports on 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 beginning of each calendar year, the Office shall submit to Congress and publish on the Office’s public website a report listing each award that is the result of a violation of part A of title II or settlement that is attributable to a finding described in section 415(d)(1)(B) and that was paid during the previous calendar year from the account described in section 415(a).

The report shall include information on the employing office involved, the amount of the award or settlement, the provision that was the subject of the claim, and (in the case of an award or settlement resulting from a finding described in section 415(d)(1)(B)), whether the Member or former Member is in compliance with the requirement of section 415(d) to reimburse the account for the reimbursable portion 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 claimant is not disclosed.

In carrying out paragraph (2), the Executive Director may make an appropriate redaction to the data included in the report described in paragraph

(1)if the Executive Director determines that including the data considered for redaction may lead to the identity or position of a claimant unintentionally being disclosed. The report 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 Executive Director shall retain a copy of the report described in subparagraph (A), without redactions. In this subsection, the term claimant means an individual who received an award or settlement, or who made an allegation of a violation against an employing office. . The amendments 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 Congressional Workplace Rights 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) ), or section 207 of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 1317 ) 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 Congressional Workplace Rights 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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