135 ticipate in such mediation, as provided in such Act; and (iii) if the employee completes the mediation, the employee shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of sec tion 309, and shall not be eligible to file a complaint under such Act; and (B) if the mediation period has ended and the employee would otherwise be eligible to file a complaint pursuant to the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, the employee shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of section 309, and shall not be eligible to file a complaint under such Act; or (3) has filed a complaint with respect to such violation pursuant to the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (A)(i) the authority of such Act shall continue with respect to the employee and the employing office of the employee until the end of the Senate proceedings specified under such Act and any review of any decision issued in such proceedings; 136 (ii) the employee and the office of the employee shall participate in the Senate proceed ings specified under such Act; and (iii) if the employee or office completes par ticipation in the proceedings, the employee or office of the employee, respectively, may request such review of any decision issued in such proceedings as the employee or office would otherwise have been eligible to obtain prior to the effective date of this title; and (B) if the employee or office of the employee requests such review (i) the authority of such Act shall continue with respect to the employee and the office until the end of the review; and (ii) the employee and the office shall participate in the proceedings specified under such Act. 19 SEC. 323. EFFECTIVE DATE. 20 Except as provided in section 302(b), this title and the 21 amendments made by this title shall take effect on January 22 3, 1995. To provide for the application of certain employment protection and II IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 4 (legislative day, MAY 2), 1994 Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DECONCINI, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. KOHL, Mr. METZENBAUM, MS. MIKULSKI, MS. MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mr. RIEGLE, Mr. ROBB, Mr. NICKLES, Mr. WOFFORD, Mr. KERREY, and Mr. GLENN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs A BILL To provide for the application of certain employment protection and information laws to the Congress, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 4 (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the 5 "Congressional Accountability Act". 6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for 7 this Act is as follows: Sec. 2. Application of Federal laws. Sec. 3. Office of Compliance. Sec. 4. Board functions. 2 Sec. 5. Procedure for consideration of alleged violations of civil rights and personnel requirements. Sec. 6. Step I: Counseling. Sec. 7. Step II: Mediation. Sec. 8. Step IIIA: Formal complaint and hearing. Sec. 9. Step IV: Judicial review. Sec. 10. Step IIIB: Civil Action. Sec. 11. Procedures for consideration of alleged violations relating to information requirements. Sec. 12. Procedures for consideration of alleged violation relating to labor management and occupational health and safety requirements. Sec. 13. Information requirements. Sec. 14. Resolution of complaint. Sec. 15. Prohibition of intimidation. Sec. 16. Confidentiality. Sec. 17. Inspections. Sec. 18. Collection of information. Sec. 19. Political affiliation and place of residence. Sec. 20. Other review. Sec. 21. Severability. Sec. 22. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 23. Definitions. 1 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAWS. 2 (a) EMPLOYMENT.-The following provisions shall 3 apply, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, 4 to each employing office and each congressional employee, 5 in accordance with section 4: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 (1) The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). (2) Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code (relating to labor-management relations). (3) Section 5 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 654). (4) Section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 3 (5) Section 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a). (6) Sections 102 through 104 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12112 12114). (7) Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791). (8) Sections 101 through 105 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). (9) The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (29 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.). (10) The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). (b) INFORMATION.-Section 552 of title 5, United 16 States Code (commonly known as the "Freedom of Infor17 mation Act"), and section 552a of title 5, United States 18 Code (commonly known as the "Privacy Act of 1974”), 19 shall apply, except as otherwise specifically provided in 20 this Act, to each office of the legislative branch of the Fed21 eral Government and the information in the possession of 22 such office, in accordance with section 4. (1) IN GENERAL.-Sections 201 through 203 (except as such section refers to procedures) of the |