Require members of Congress to be personally liable for discrimination and related retaliation they commit.

Requiring Members of Congress be held personally liable for discrimination and related retaliation they personally commit.

Scanlon reintroduces legislation that would make individual members, not taxpayers, pay for discrimination and related retaliation they commit.

Scanlon Reintroduces Bill To Strengthen Congress’s Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Rules | U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon announced the reintroduction of the Congressional Accountability Act (CAA) Enhancement Act. The release says it was officially filed on March 26, 2026 and that the bill requires Members of Congress, not taxpayers, to foot the bill for discrimination or retaliation against staff, with victims on the same footing as Members when filing a claim.

Strong official statement that Scanlon advanced the claim by reintroducing a bill aimed at personal liability for discrimination and retaliation. No later official action is identified in the current lookback window.

partial same_term A for effort

Scanlon Reintroduces Bill To Strengthen Congress’s Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Rules | U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
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Congress.gov lists H.R.7583 for the 119th Congress with Mary Gay Scanlon among the members associated with the bill activity shown on her member page. The bill is shown as introduced on 02/13/2026 and referred to committee, with status remaining Introduced.

Official congressional record indicates the legislation was introduced and referred, but not enacted or advanced to passage. This supports that the promise remains unresolved rather than delivered.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Representative Mary Gay Scanlon | Congress.gov
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