,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #debb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #a1        
#bjag,mrs4 ,love 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 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    
,congress4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,stop ,taxpayers    
,obligations to ,perpetrators of ,sexual
 ,harassment ,act4  #b4 ,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