This resolution directs the House Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to make certain records public within 60 days. They must publish a single, consolidated list that shows each Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who was the subject of any review or investigation involving sexual harassment or sexual abuse if that matter resulted in a payment of taxpayer funds. The list must show the name and the total taxpayer-funded amount for each such person. The resolution also requires four aggregate totals: (1) total taxpayer funds paid in settlements involving Members, Delegates, or Resident Commissioners that did not involve sexual harassment; (2) total taxpayer funds paid in settlements involving House employees that did involve sexual harassment or sexual abuse; (3) total taxpayer funds paid in settlements involving House employees that did not involve sexual harassment; and (4) total taxpayer funds paid in settlements referenced above for Members, Delegates, or Resident Commissioners as described. The resolution defines any settlement as involving sexual harassment if sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual misconduct was any component of the matter, even if the case was also classified or resolved under another claim.
If adopted, the public will see a consolidated list with names and the total amounts of taxpayer-funded settlements tied to Members, Delegates, or Resident Commissioners when sexual harassment or sexual abuse was part of the matter. The resolution also requires public aggregate totals for other settlements involving House employees and for Member-related settlements that did not involve sexual harassment. The required disclosure must happen no later than 60 days after the resolution is adopted. The rule focuses on cases reviewed, investigated, or facilitated by the Committee on Ethics or the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. It does not describe releasing full case files or nonfinancial details beyond the names and monetary totals required.
No publicly available information on the resolution’s implementation costs or effects on federal spending. The text does require reporting and publication of amounts already described as "taxpayer funds" in settlements, but it does not provide cost estimates for carrying out the disclosure.
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