,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bi1       
#bjag,mr4 ,lance introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the              
,congressional ,accountability ,act of  
#aiie to prohibit the use of public     
funds to make payments of awards and    
settlements in connection with          
violations of such ,act which are       
committed by employing offices of the   
,house of ,representatives and ,senate1 
and for other purposes4  #a4            
,prohibiting use of public funds to pay 
settlements and awards for claims under 
,congressional ,accountability ,act of  
#aiie involving employing offices of    
,house and ,senate  7a7 ,prohibition    
7#a7 ,in general ,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 involving        
employing offices of ,house or ,senate  
,no funds of the ,treasury of the       
,united ,states1 including the account  
described in subsection 7a71 an account 
of the ,house of ,representatives or    
,senate1 or any other account of the    
,federal ,government1 may be used for   
the payment of an award or settlement in
 connection with a violation of section 
#bja7;a77#a7 by an employing office of  
the ,house of ,representatives or an    
employing office of the ,senate4  4     
7#b7 ,effective date ,the amendment made
 by paragraph 7#a7 shall apply with     
respect to settlements and awards paid  
on or after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act4  7b7 ,report on amounts     
previously paid  7#a7 ,report ,not later
 than #fj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,office of  
,compliance 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   
#bja7;a77#a7 of the ,congressional      
,accountability ,act of #aiie by        
employing offices of the ,house of      
,representatives and employing offices  
of the ,senate1 and shall include in the
 report the following information3  7,a7
 ,the amount paid for each such award or
 settlement4  7,b7 ,the source of the   
public funds used for the award or      
settlement1 without regard to whether   
the funds were paid from the account    
described in section #dae7;a7 of such   
,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #adae7;a771 an       
account of the ,house of                
,representatives or ,senate1 or any     
other account of the ,federal           
,government4  7,c7 ,the identification  
of the employing office involved and any
 individual who committed the violation 

involved4  7#b7 ,protection of identity 
of individuals receiving awards and     
settlements ,in preparing and submitting
 the report required under this         
subsection1 the ,office of ,compliance  
shall ensure that the identity of any   
individual who received an award or     
settlement1 or who made an allegation of
 a violation against an employing       
office1 is not disclosed4