,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfdg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ag1  
#bjai,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself and ,mr4  
,cramer7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
address ,federal employees and          
contractors who commit sexual assault4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,compulsory ,requirement to     
,eliminate ,employees who are           
,perpetrators of ,sexual assault ,act of
 #bjai or the ,,creeps ,act4  #b4       
,sexual assault by ,federal employees   
and contractors  7a7 ,definitions ,in   
this section-- 7#a7 the term becomes    
final means--  7,a7 that-- 7i7 there is 
a final agency action2 and  7ii7 7,i7   
the time for seeking judicial review of 
the final agency action has lapsed and  
judicial review has not been sought2 or 
7,,ii7 judicial review of the final     
agency action was sought and final      

judgment has been entered upholding the 
agency action2 or  7,b7 that final      
judgment has been entered in a civil    
action2  7#b7 the term bonus--  7,a7    
means any bonus or cash award2 and  7,b7
 with respect to a ,federal employee1   
includes--  7i7 an award under chapter  
#de of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 
7ii7 an award under section #echd of    
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 and    
7iii7 a retention bonus under section   
#eged of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code2  7#c7 the term civil service has 
the meaning given that term in section  
#baja of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code2  7#d7 the term contractor        
includes a subcontractor1 at any tier1  
of an individual or entity entering into
 a contract with the ,federal           
,government2  7#e7 the term ,federal    
employee has the meaning given the term 
employee in section #baje of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code1 without regard to
 whether the employee is exempted from  
the application of some or all of such  

title #e2  7#f7 the term sexual assault 
offense means a criminal offense under  
,federal law or the law of a ,state that
 includes as an element of the offense  
that the defendant engaged in a         
nonconsensual sexual act upon another   
person2 and  7#g7 the term sustained    
complaint involving sexual assault means
 an administrative or judicial          
determination that an employer engaged  
in an unlawful employment practice under
 title ,,vii of the ,civil ,rights ,act 
of #aifd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e et seq47
 which included1 as part of the course  
of conduct constituting the unlawful    
employment practice1 that an employee of
 the employer engaged in a nonconsensual
 sexual act upon another person4  7b7   
,federal employees  7#a7 ,criminal      
convictions ,the head of the agency1    
office1 or other entity employing a     
,federal employee who is convicted of a 
sexual assault offense committed while a
 ,federal employee shall1 after notice  
and an opportunity for a hearing1 remove

 the ,federal employee from the civil   
service4  7#b7 ,unlawful employment     
practices ,during the #e-year period    
beginning on the date on which a        
sustained complaint involving sexual    
assault with respect to an agency1      
office1 or other entity employing       
,federal employees becomes final1 the   
head of the agency1 office1 or other    
entity may not increase the rate of     
basic pay 7including any increase in    
grade and any within-grade step         
increase7 of a ,federal employee who    
engaged in a nonconsensual sexual act   
upon another person that was part of the
 course of conduct constituting the     
applicable unlawful employment practice1
 award such a ,federal employee a bonus1
 or promote such a ,federal employee4   
7#c7 ,interaction with other laws ,the  
authority under this subsection is in   
addition to any authority provided to   
the head of an agency1 office1 or other 
entity employing ,federal employees4    
7c7 ,contractors ,any contract to       

procure property or services entered    
into or modified by the ,federal        
,government on or after the date of     
enactment of this ,act shall require    
that the contractor have in effect      
policies that require that--  7#a7 the  
contractor shall1 after notice and an   
opportunity for a hearing1 terminate an 
employee of the contractor who is       
convicted of a sexual assault offense   
committed while an employee of the      
contractor2 and  7#b7 during the #e-year
 period beginning on the date on which a
 sustained complaint involving sexual   
assault with respect to the contractor  
becomes final1 the contractor may not   
increase the rate of basic pay of an    
employee of the contractor who engaged  
in a nonconsensual sexual act upon      
another person that was part of the     
course of conduct constituting the      
applicable unlawful employment practice1
 award such an employee a bonus1 or     
promote such an employee4