,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #cj1       
#bjag,mr4 ,de,santis 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,schneider1 ,mr4 ,delaney1 ,mr4 ,brat1  
,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,ms4     
,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,williams1 ,mr4 ,gallego1
 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4        
,cramer1 ,mr4 ,messer1 ,mr4 ,moulton1   
,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4 ,biggs1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 
,mr4 ,bergman1 ,mr4 ,francis ,rooney of 
,florida1 ,mr4 ,jody ,b4 ,hice of       
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of         
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,palmer1 ,mr4            
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,johnson of          
,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 ,ms4     
,mc,sally1 ,mr4 ,tipton1 ,mr4 ,banks of 
,indiana1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 ,mr4 ,pittenger1  
,mr4 ,polis1 ,mrs4 ,black1 ,mr4 ,rokita1
 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1   
,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,pearce1
 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4      
,marino1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,duncan of  
,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4     
,costa1 ,mr4 ,lance1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1  

,mrs4 ,mimi ,walters of ,california1    
,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,blum1 ,mr4 ,rothfus1
 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,walker1 ,mr4
 ,buck1 and ,mr4 ,gallagher7 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 pay awards and settlements in  
connection with claims under such ,act  
which arise from sexual harassment1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,congressional ,accountability and ,hush
 ,fund ,elimination ,act4  #b4          
,prohibiting use of public funds to pay 
settlements and awards for claims under 
,congressional ,accountability ,act of  
#aiie which arise from sexual harassment
  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 in connection with acts 
of sexual harassment ,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 if the violation consists  
of an act of sexual harassment or sexual
 assault4  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 ,treatment 
of amounts previously paid  7#a7 ,report
 by ,office of ,compliance ,not later   
than #cj 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 #aiie1 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 paragraph    
7#a71 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  7#c7         
,repayment by perpetrators ,each        
individual who committed an act of      
sexual harassment or sexual assault for 
which an award or settlement described  
in paragraph 7#a7 was paid with public  
funds at any time after the enactment of
 the ,congressional ,accountability ,act
 of #aiie shall make a payment to the   
,treasury of the ,united ,states in an  
amount equal to the amount of the award 
or settlement involved1 increased by an 
interest rate equal to the interest rate
 for a ,federal ,direct ,,plus ,loan on 
the date on which the award or          
settlement was paid in accordance with  
section #dee7;b77#h77;,c7 of the ,higher
 ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4

 #ajhg;e7b77#h77;,c774  #c4 ,prohibiting
 imposition of nondisclosure agreements 
in cases involving sexual harassment or 
sexual assault  7a7 ,prohibition        
,section #dja of the ,congressional     
,accountability ,act of #aiie 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #adja7 is amended-- 7#a7 by   
striking ,except as otherwise provided  
and inserting 7a7 ,procedures           
available4--,except as otherwise        
provided2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following new subsection3  7b7     
,prohibiting imposition of nondisclosure
 agreements as prerequisite for         
procedures ,a nondisclosure agreement   
may not be imposed on any party as a    
condition of the initiation of any of   
the procedures available under this     
title for consideration of a violation  
of part ,a of title ,,ii if the         
violation consists of an act of sexual  
harassment or sexual assault4  4  7b7   
,treatment of existing agreements ,any  
individual who received an award or     
settlement prior to the date of the     

enactment of this ,act in connection    
with a violation of section #bja7;a77#a7
 of the ,congressional ,accountability  
,act of #aiie which consisted of an act 
of sexual harassment or sexual assault  
and who signed a nondisclosure agreement
 as a condition of receiving the award  
or settlement may1 notwithstanding the  
terms of the agreement1 make public any 
information relating to the award or    
settlement4