Require legislative branch offices to repay the Treasury for retaliation-related awards and settlements.

Mary Gay Scanlon · Pennsylvania · Democratic

policy impact 2.00 specificity 5.00 extraction confidence 95%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

Requiring other legislative branch offices to repay Treasury for related retaliation.

The bill would extend repayment obligations to other legislative branch offices for retaliation cases.

Scanlon Reintroduces Bill To Strengthen Congress’s Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Rules | U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

only funds which are appropriated ... may be used for the payment of awards and settlements under this chapter ... if a payment is made from the account ... for an award or settlement ... the individual shall reimburse the account

The source authorizes payments from a Treasury account for awards and settlements and provides mechanisms for reimbursement and withholding to repay that account.

[USC02] 2 USC 1415: Payments
secondary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

verified · Source version 16013 · locator 3392

The CAA Reform Act required other legislative branch offices to repay the Treasury for awards and settlements in all employment discrimination cases. However, it did not require repayment of amounts paid in connection with retaliation; this bill corrects that.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Scanlon’s 2026 reintroduction explicitly says current law does not yet require other legislative branch offices to repay Treasury for retaliation-related awards and settlements, and that her bill would fix that gap.

partial later_term A for effort

Scanlon Reintroduces Bill To Strengthen Congress’s Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Rules | U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

unverified · Source version 16016 · locator unknown

As soon as practicable after the Executive Director is made aware that a payment of an award or settlement under this chapter has been made ... in connection with a claim alleging a violation ... by an employing office (other than an employing office of the House of Representatives or an employing office of the Senate), the Executive Director shall notify the head of the employing office ...

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Current U.S. Code still reflects reimbursement rules for legislative branch employing offices other than House and Senate offices, but the cited text does not show a new May 2026 change requiring reimbursement for retaliation-related awards and settlements.

unresolved same_term

[USC02] 2 USC 1415: Payments
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

unverified · Source version 58860 · locator unknown

Congressional Bills H.R. 8126, H.R. 9967

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, GovInfo’s Congressional Record Index still lists H.R. 8126 under the Congressional Accountability Act heading, indicating continued legislative tracking but not enactment.

unresolved later_term A for effort

CRI2026 - CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

unverified · Source version 58862 · locator unknown

Last Action Date Listed March 26, 2026 Action Ms. Scanlon (for herself and Ms. Underwood) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo’s official bill record shows Scanlon introduced H.R. 8126 and that its listed action remains referral to committee, supporting effort but not delivery.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R. 8126 (IH) - Congressional Accountability Act Enhancement Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

verified · Source version 16013 · locator 3306

Requiring other legislative branch offices to repay Treasury for related retaliation. The CAA Reform Act required other legislative branch offices to repay the Treasury for awards and settlements in all employment discrimination cases. However, it did not require repayment of amounts paid in connection with retaliation; this bill corrects that.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Scanlon’s official release identifies the precise gap the promise targets and frames H.R. 8126 as a bill to correct it, not as an enacted change.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Scanlon Reintroduces Bill To Strengthen Congress’s Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Rules | U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

unverified · Source version 58864 · locator unknown

in connection with a claim alleging a violation of section 1311(a) or 1316(a) of this title by an employing office (other than an employing office of the House of Representatives or an employing office of the Senate)

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The current published text of 2 U.S.C. 1415(e) continues to describe repayment by non-House and non-Senate employing offices for claims under sections 1311(a) or 1316(a), not retaliation under section 1317.

unresolved unknown

2 U.S. Code § 1415 - Payments | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-09-18 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment sought to require legislative branch offices to repay the Treasury for retaliation-related awards and settlements. Verified passages state that existing law did not require repayment for retaliation amounts and that the referenced bill would correct the gap, which supports documented effort but not enactment or achieved implementation. With no verified evidence that the requirement became law by 2026-09-18 and no expired deadline, the promise remains unresolved rather than delivered or partial.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

The evidence indicates the promised reimbursement requirement for retaliation-related awards and settlements has not yet been enacted. Scanlon reintroduced legislation in April 2026 to close that gap, and her own release states current law still does not require these legislative branch offices to repay the Treasury for retaliation-related payments. That supports credit for a serious legislative effort, but not full or partial delivery of the promised policy outcome.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%