Expand the Office of Employee Advocacy's authority so it can represent victims in federal court.

Mary Gay Scanlon · Pennsylvania · Democratic

policy impact 2.00 specificity 4.00 extraction confidence 95%

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

Occurrences

Enabling the Office of Employee Advocacy to have jurisdiction in federal court.

The legislation would let the office that represents victims in the administrative process also represent them in court.

Scanlon Reintroduces Bill To Strengthen Congress’s Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Rules | U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
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the Office of Employee Advocacy may provide assistance to the employee with respect to investigations or proceedings under such Act in connection with such alleged violation at any time, including after the employee files such action

Scanlon introduced legislation allowing the Office of Employee Advocacy to continue assisting covered employees even after they file a civil action.

caa_enhancement_act.pdf
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Evidence

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Scanlon said the CAA Enhancement Act would "enable the Office of Employee Advocacy to have jurisdiction in federal court" and that it would let the office that represents victims in the CAA administrative process also represent them in court.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Recent official press release shows Scanlon reintroduced the bill containing the exact federal-court expansion she promised, but it is still only a reintroduction and not enacted law.

unresolved 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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The bill text adds a new section permitting the Office of Employee Advocacy to provide assistance to covered employees in connection with civil actions after a covered employee files suit.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill contains the requested authority expansion in legislative text, which is concrete effort but not proof of delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

caa_enhancement_act.pdf
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The office says it can provide representation in certain administrative or judicial bodies, but "not in federal court proceedings."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The current official office description still excludes federal court proceedings, indicating the requested authority has not yet been expanded into force.

never same_term

About | Office of Employee Advocacy
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Assessments

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

Scanlon materially attempted to fulfill the promise by reintroducing the CAA Enhancement Act in April 2026, and the bill text directly includes authority for the Office of Employee Advocacy to assist covered employees in civil actions after they file suit. However, the available evidence indicates the proposal has not been enacted, and the Office of Employee Advocacy still states that it does not represent employees in federal court proceedings. Because the promised authority expansion is not in force, this is not delivered; the serious legislative effort earns the effort badge.

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