119-hres480

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 480 Engrossed in House

    (EH) ]

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H. Res. 480

 In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

 June 9, 2025.
 Resolved,

SECTION 1. MANDATORY COMPLETION OF PROGRAM OF TRAINING IN WORKPLACE RIGHTS AND 
 RESPONSIBILITIES.

    (a) Requiring Training for All Members, Officers, and Employees.--

    (1) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
 adoption of this resolution, the Committee on House Administration shall 
 issue regulations to provide that, during each session of each Congress, 
 each Member (including each Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
 Congress), officer, and employee of the House of Representatives shall 
 complete a program of training in the workplace rights and 
 responsibilities applicable to offices and employees of the House under 
 part A of title II of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), including anti-discrimination and anti-harassment 
 training.

    (2) Inclusion of interns, fellows, and detailees.--For purposes of 
 this resolution, an individual serving in an office of the House of 
 Representatives as an intern (including an unpaid intern), a participant 
 in a fellowship program, or a detailee from another office of the 
 Federal Government shall be considered an employee of the House.

    (3) Exception for participants in new member orientation programs.--
 If an individual completed a program of training required under 
 paragraph

    (1) during the new Member orientation program administered by 
 the Committee on House Administration prior to the beginning of a 
 Congress, the individual is not required to complete the program during 
 the first session of the Congress.

    (b) Deadline.--

    (1) In general.--Under the regulations issued by the Committee on 
 House Administration under subsection

    (a) , an individual shall complete 
 the program of training required under subsection

    (a) and file a 
 certificate of completion of such training not later than--
        (A) in the case of an individual who is serving as a Member, 
 officer, or employee of the House as of the date on which the 
 Committee first certifies that the program is in operation for 
 the session, not later than 90 days after such date; or
        (B) in the case of any other individual, not later than 90 
 days after the individual first becomes a Member, officer, or 
 employee of the House.

    (2) Alternative deadlines.--The Committee on House Administration 
 may include in the regulations issued under subsection

    (a) --
        (A) an alternative deadline for individuals serving as 
 interns and participants in fellowship programs to take into 
 account the duration of their service; and
        (B) an alternative deadline for individuals who first become 
 Members, officers, or employees of the House towards the end of 
 a session of Congress to take into account the amount of time 
 remaining in the session.

    (3) Special rule for first session of one hundred nineteenth 
 congress.--In the case of the first session of the One Hundred 
 Nineteenth Congress, an individual described in subparagraph
        (A) of 
 paragraph

    (1) shall complete the program required under subsection

    (a) not later than 90 days after the date of the adoption of this 
 resolution.
            (c) Additional Mechanisms.--The Committee on House Administration shall 
consider additional mechanisms to ensure compliance with the training 
requirement under subsection

    (a) .
 Attest:

 Clerk.