HRES 1399 Agreed to

Requires the House Ethics Committee and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to publish, within 60 days of adoption, a list of Members whose sexual harassment or abuse matters led to taxpayer-funded payments, along with the amounts paid.

Official title: Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment.

Outcome Agreed to by the House

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House

Passed 30-JUN-2026

Key points

Requires a public list naming each Member whose review or investigation under House harassment rules, or involving sexual harassment or abuse, resulted in a taxpayer-funded payment, with the total paid next to each name.
Requires publication of aggregate taxpayer-funded totals for Member and House employee matters, separated by whether the settlement involved sexual harassment, abuse, or misconduct.
Treats any matter as involving sexual misconduct if it was any component of the case, even when it was resolved under a different claim or category.

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Sponsor Thomas Massie (R-KY) Cosponsors · 0

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congress.gov page Engrossed in House (30-JUN-2026) House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to, 420-0, 30-JUN-2026