Sec. 3. Sexual harassment training
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The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall issue rules as expeditiously as possible requiring each individual serving in a covered position to periodically complete sexual harassment training provided by the Office of Compliance or the Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment. The rules issued under subsection
(a)shall require that— an individual elected, appointed, or assigned to a covered position after the date on which the rules are issued who was not serving in a covered position immediately before being so elected, appointed, or assigned shall complete training described in subsection
(a)not later than 60 days after the date on which the individual assumes the position; an individual serving in a covered position on the date on which the rules are issued who has not previously completed training described in subsection
(a)shall complete such training not later than 60 days after the date on which the rules are issued; in addition to complying with paragraphs
(1)and (2), each individual serving in a covered position shall complete a course of training described in subsection
(a)periodically, as specified by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate; and the head of each covered office shall submit to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate— a list of each individual serving in a covered position in the covered office on the date on which the rules are issued who previously completed training described in subsection (a); information regarding the completion of training described in subsection
(a)after the date on which the rules are issued by an individual serving in a covered position in the covered office; and notice of a failure by an individual serving in a covered position in the covered office to comply with the rules. It is the sense of the Senate that, for purposes of training conducted after the date on which the rules are issued under subsection (a), the sexual harassment training described in subsection
(a)should be reviewed and updated to include— information and practical guidance regarding any applicable Federal laws concerning the prohibition against and the prevention and correction of sexual harassment and the rights of victims of sexual harassment in employment; practical examples aimed at instructing supervisors in the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation; presentations by individuals with knowledge and expertise in the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation; a discussion of the consequences for perpetrators of sexual harassment; and information regarding the prohibition under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) against retaliation against witnesses to, or individuals who experience, sexual harassment and who report the harassment. It is the sense of the Senate that the Office of Compliance and the Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment should, in implementing the training described in subsection
(a)and making any updates to the training in accordance with subsection (c), consult with— entities having significant expertise in identifying, preventing, and responding to sexual harassment; and sexual harassment victims or sexual harassment victim advocates.
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