Stop Taxpayers Obligations to Perpetrators of Sexual Harassment Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 18, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Taxpayers Obligations to Perpetrators of Sexual Harassment Act
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to require Members of Congress to reimburse the Treasury for the payment of an award or settlement in connection with an allegation of a violation of CAA rights and protections that consists of an act of sexual harassment committed personally by a Member of Congress. The bill also prohibits the Members' Representational Allowance of a Member of the House of Representatives from being used to pay awards, settlements, or other compensation in connection with allegations of sexual harassment by the Member or any other individual paid from the allowance.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Dec 18, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2017Introduced in House
- Dec 18, 2017Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 206, December 18, 2017, page H10180.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40962 | Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage | Report | Oct 13, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 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 Members, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop Taxpayers Obligations to Perpetrators of Sexual Harassment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Appropriations
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Civil actions and liability
- Congress
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Crime victims
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- House of Representatives
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Members of Congress
- Sex offenses
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
