US Congress Senate Bill 2952 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-17)
Status: Engrossed on May 29 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-05-29 - Held at the desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to revise administrative and judicial dispute resolution procedures for initiating and resolving claims by employees alleging that employing offices have violated their CAA rights and protections, including protections against sexual harassment. The bill revises CAA provisions, including to: eliminate CAA counseling requirements and make mediation an employee's option before filing a claim with the Office of Compliance (OOC) alleging the violation; require current and former Members of Congress to reimburse the Treasury for compensatory damages included in an award or settlement resulting from the Member's alleged act of discrimination or retaliation; require referral to congressional ethics committees of final disposition of claims alleging CAA violations by Members of Congress and senior staff of employing offices; require non-congressional legislative offices that violate CAA requirements to reimburse the Treasury for resulting award or settlement payments; extend CAA nondiscrimination requirements and remedies to uncompensated legislative branch interns, detailees, and fellows; and provide OOC and CAA resources and services to employees outside of the Washington, DC area. The bill applies CAA rights and protections to the China Review Commission, the Congressional-Executive China Commission, the Helsinki Commission, the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development, and their employees. Non-congressional CAA employing offices must develop programs to train and educate employees about their CAA rights and protections and available procedures to consider alleged CAA violations. The bill renames the OOC the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.

Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]
Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-29	House	Held at the desk.
2018-05-29	House	Received in the House.
2018-05-25	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2018-05-24	Senate	Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2899-2907; text: CR S2899-2906)

HB652 (Related) 2017-01-24 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB4393 (Related) 2017-11-14 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB4481 (Related) 2017-11-29 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB4548 (Related) 2017-12-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
HB4822 (Related) 2018-01-18 - Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ethics, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HB4924 (Related) 2018-02-07 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB2401 (Related) 2018-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S706)
SB2872 (Related) 2018-05-21 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.
HB4615 (Related) 2017-12-11 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
SB3453 (Related) 2018-09-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
HB4522 (Related) 2017-12-01 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
SB3749 (Related) 2018-12-21 - Signed by President.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2952/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2952/BILLS-115s2952es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2952/BILLS-115s2952cps.pdf