,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjag,mr4 ,cummings 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,meng1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 and    
,ms4 ,norton7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,congressional   
,accountability ,act of #aiie to protect
 unpaid interns in the legislative      
branch from workplace harassment and    
discrimination1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,congressional ,intern          
,protection ,act of #bjag4  #b4         
,extension to unpaid interns of rights  
and protections against employment      
discrimination under ,congressional     
,accountability ,act of #aiie ,section  
#bja of the ,congressional              
,accountability ,act of #aiie 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #acaa7 is amended--  7#a7 by  
redesignating subsection 7d7 as         
subsection 7e72 and  7#b7 by inserting  

after subsection 7c7 the following new  
subsection3  7d7 ,application to ,unpaid
 ,interns  7#a7 ,in general ,subsections
 7a7 and 7b7 shall apply with respect to
 an intern1 including an applicant for  
an internship and a former intern1 in   
the same manner and to the same extent  
as such subsections apply with respect  
to an employee4  7#b7 ,intern defined   
,the term intern means an individual who
 performs uncompensated voluntary       
service for an employing office to earn 
credit awarded by an educational        
institution or to learn a trade or      
occupation4  4