H.R. 4393 – Reading Mode

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4393

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 14, 2017

Mr. Smith of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to clarify that employees of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Congressional–Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China are to be treated as covered employees for purposes of such Act.

Clarification of coverage of employees of Helsinki and China commissions under congressional accountability act of 1995

(a)

Clarification of Coverage

Section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301) is amended—

(1)

by striking Except as otherwise and inserting (a) In general.—Except as otherwise; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(b)

Clarification of coverage of employees of certain commissions

(1)

Coverage

With respect to the China Commission and the Helsinki Commission—

(A)

any individual who is an employee of such Commission shall be considered a covered employee for purposes of this Act; and

(B)

the Commission shall be considered an employing office for purposes of this Act.

(2)

Definitions

In paragraph (1)—

(A)

the term China Commission means the Congressional–Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China established under title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–286; 22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.); and

(B)

the term Helsinki Commission means the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe established under the Act entitled An Act to establish a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Public Law 94–304; 22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).

(b)

Effective date

The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.