,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bh1       
#bjag,mr4 ,marino introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house                
,administration1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,rules1 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,congressional 
,accountability ,act of #aiie to        
prohibit the use of public funds for the
 payment of a settlement or award under 
such ,act in connection with a claim    
arising from sexual harassment committed
 by a ,member of ,congress1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,prohibiting use of
 public funds for payment of settlements
 and awards under ,congressional        
,accountability ,act in sexual          
harassment claims involving ,members of 
,congress  7a7 ,prohibition ,section    

#dae of the ,congressional              
,accountability ,act of #aiie 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #adae7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
subsection 7a71 by striking subsection  
7c7 and inserting subsections 7c7 and   
7d72 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the 
following new subsection3  7d7 ,no use  
of public funds for payments of awards  
and settlements in connection with acts 
of sexual harassment committed by       
,members of ,congress ,no funds of the  
,treasury of the ,united ,states may be 
used for the payment of an award or     
settlement under this ,act in connection
 with a violation of section            
#bja7;a77#a7 if the violation consists  
of an act of sexual harassment committed
 personally by a ,member of the ,house  
of ,representatives 7including a        
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to 
the ,congress7 or a ,senator4  4  7b7   
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to settlements and awards paid on or    
after the date of the enactment of this 

,act4  #b4 ,mandatory consideration by  
ethics committees of expulsion of       
,members of ,congress committing acts of
 sexual harassment under ,congressional 
,accountability ,act  7a7 ,mandatory    
consideration of question of expulsion  
,title ,v of the ,congressional         
,accountability ,act of #aiie 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #adca et seq47 is amended--   
7#a7 by redesignating section #eji as   
section #eaj2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after section #ejh the following new    
section3  #eji4 ,mandatory consideration
 by ethics committees of question of    
expulsion of ,members of ,congress      
committing acts of sexual harassment ,if
 it is determined in any final decision 
entered under section #dje7;g7 or       
#djf7;e71 or in any decision in a civil 
action brought under section #djh1 that 
a violation of section #bja7;a77#a7     
occurred which consisted of an act of   
sexual harassment committed personally  
by a ,member of the ,house of           
,representatives 7including a ,delegate 

or ,resident ,commissioner to the       
,congress7 or a ,senator1 or if the     
payment of an award or settlement under 
this ,act is ordered in connection with 
a violation of section #bja7;a77#a7     
which consists of such an act--  7#a7 in
 the case of an act committed by a      
,member of the ,house1 the ,committee on
 ,ethics of the ,house of               
,representatives shall conduct an       
investigation and issue a report on the 
question of whether the ,member should  
be expelled from the ,house2 or  7#b7 in
 the case of an act committed by a      
,senator1 the ,select ,committee on     
,ethics of the ,senate shall conduct an 
investigation and issue a report on the 
question of whether the ,senator should 
be expelled from the ,senate4  4  7b7   
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents of such ,act is amended-- 7#a7 
by redesignating the item relating to   
section #eji as relating to section     
#eaj2 and  7#b7 by inserting after the  
item relating to section #ejh the       

following new item3  ,sec4 #eji4        
,mandatory consideration by ethics      
committees of question of expulsion of  
,members of ,congress committing acts of
 sexual harassment4  4  7c7 ,effective  
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall apply with respect to acts
 occurring before1 on1 or after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act4