{"format":1,"id":"119-hres-1399","congress":119,"number":"H.Res. 1399","kind":"simple_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2026-06-30","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-06-30","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h233","question":"On Agreeing to the Resolution","title":"Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment","result":"Passed","yea":420,"nay":0,"present":1,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll233.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","date":"2026-06-30"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":null,"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the House Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to make public a list and totals of taxpayer funds paid in settlements and related payments in matters involving Members and House employees, including matters involving sexual harassment.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399/text/eh#HB01591607D4346E39B17D5DE2B33306D"}]},"core_areas":["Public release of settlement and payment records by the Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights","Taxpayer funds paid in matters involving sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual misconduct","Taxpayer funds paid in matters involving House employees"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to make the listed information publicly available not later than 60 days after the resolution is adopted.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399/text/eh#HB01591607D4346E39B17D5DE2B33306D"}},{"text":"Requires a single consolidated list naming each Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who was the subject of a review or investigation under clause 9 (as it pertains to sexual harassment) or clause 18 of Rule XXIII, or of a sexual harassment or sexual abuse case, if it resulted in a payment of taxpayer funds.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399/text/eh#HB01591607D4346E39B17D5DE2B33306D"}},{"text":"Requires the list to show, next to each name, the total taxpayer funds in all settlements, payments, reimbursements, awards, or other financial considerations paid in connection with those matters.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399/text/eh#HB01591607D4346E39B17D5DE2B33306D"}},{"text":"Requires an aggregate total of taxpayer funds paid in matters involving Members, Delegates, or Resident Commissioners that did not, in any portion of the settlement, involve sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual misconduct.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399/text/eh#HB01591607D4346E39B17D5DE2B33306D"}},{"text":"Requires two aggregate totals of taxpayer funds paid in matters involving House employees: one for matters involving sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual misconduct in part or in full, and one for matters that did not.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399/text/eh#HB01591607D4346E39B17D5DE2B33306D"}},{"text":"Provides that a payment is treated as involving sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual misconduct if any of these was a component of the matter, regardless of any other claim, violation, or category involved.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399/text/eh#HB01591607D4346E39B17D5DE2B33306D"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-06-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"desk"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1399/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hres-1399.png","v":"662ddf1e5b2a","alt":"Votes on Record. H.Res. 1399, 119th Congress: Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment. House: 420 Yea, 0 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in House, 30 Jun 2026."}}