,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjag,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,house   
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,congressional ,accountability ,act 
of #aiie to clarify that employees of   
the ,commission on ,security and        
,cooperation in ,europe and the         
,congressional-,executive ,commission on
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china are  
to be treated as covered employees for  
purposes of such ,act4  #a4             
,clarification of coverage of employees 
of ,helsinki and ,china commissions     
under congressional accountability act  
of #aiie  7a7 ,clarification of         
,coverage ,section #aja of the          
,congressional ,accountability ,act of  
#aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #acja7 is amended-- 
7#a7 by striking ,except as otherwise   
and inserting 7a7 ,in general4--,except 
as otherwise2 and  7#b7 by adding at the

 end the following new subsection3  7b7 
,clarification of coverage of employees 
of certain commissions  7#a7 ,coverage  
,with respect to the ,china ,commission 
and the ,helsinki ,commission--  7,a7   
any individual who is an employee of    
such ,commission shall be considered a  
covered employee for purposes of this   
,act2 and  7,b7 the ,commission shall be
 considered an employing office for     
purposes of this ,act4  7#b7            
,definitions ,in paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 
the term ,china ,commission means the   
,congressional-,executive ,commission on
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china      
established under title ,,iii of the    
,u4,s4-,china ,relations ,act of #bjjj  
7,public ,law #ajf-bhf2 #bb ,u4,s4,c4   
#fiaa et seq472 and  7,b7 the term      
,helsinki ,commission means the         
,commission on ,security and            
,cooperation in ,europe established     
under the ,act entitled ,an ,act to     
establish a ,commission on ,security and
 ,cooperation in ,europe 7,public ,law  

#id-cjd2 #bb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjja et seq474  
4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments  
made by this ,act shall take effect as  
if included in the enactment of the     
,congressional ,accountability ,act of  
#aiie4