,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfgd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1       
#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 require ,members of ,congress  
to reimburse the ,treasury for payments 
of awards and settlements under such    
,act which are made in connection with  
claims of sexual harassment committed by
 the ,members1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,stop ,taxpayers ,obligations to
 ,perpetrators of ,sexual ,harassment   
,act4  #b4 ,requiring ,members of       
,congress to reimburse ,treasury for    
amounts paid as settlements and awards  
under ,congressional ,accountability    
,act of #aiie in cases of acts of sexual
 harassment committed personally by     
,members  7a7 ,mandating reimbursement  
of amounts paid ,section #dae of the    

,congressional ,accountability ,act of  
#aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #adae7 is amended by
 adding at the end the following new    
subsection3  7d7 ,reimbursement by      
,members of ,congress of amounts paid as
 settlements and awards in cases of     
sexual harassment  7#a7 ,in general ,if 
a payment is made from the account      
described in subsection 7a7 for an award
 or settlement in connection with an    
allegation of a violation of section    
#bja7;a7 which consists of an act of    
sexual harassment committed personally  
by a ,member of the ,house of           
,representatives or a ,senator1 the     
,member or ,senator shall reimburse the 
account for the amount of the award or  
settlement1 in accordance with          
procedures established by the ,committee
 on ,house ,administration of the ,house
 of ,representatives 7in the case of a  
,member of the ,house1 including a      
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to 
the ,congress7 or the ,committee on     
,rules and ,administration of the       

,senate 7in the case of a ,senator74    
7#b7 ,deadline ,a ,member shall         
reimburse the account described in      
subsection 7a7 for a payment described  
in paragraph 7#a7 not later than #ij    
days after the payment is made4  4  7b7 
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to payments made on or after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4  #c4       
,prohibition against use of ,members'   
,representational ,allowance for        
payments in connection with allegations 
of sexual harassment  7a7 ,prohibition  
,the ,members' ,representational        
,allowance of a ,member of the ,house of
 ,representatives may not be used to pay
 awards1 settlements1 or other          
compensation in connection with         
allegations of sexual harassment by the 
,member or any individual whose         
compensation is paid from the           
,allowance4  7b7 ,exercise of rulemaking
 authority ,subsection 7a7 is enacted-- 
7#a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking   

power of the ,house of ,representatives1
 and as such it shall be considered as  
part of the rules of the ,house1 and    
shall supersede other rules only to the 
extent that it is inconsistent          
therewith2 and  7#b7 with full          
recognition of the constitutional right 
of the ,house to change such rules at   
any time1 in the same manner1 and to the
 same extent as in the case of any other
 rule of the ,house4