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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H. Res. 1443 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1443

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members 
   of the House from entering inappropriate relationships with House 
                               employees.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2026

Mr. Crank submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                          Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members 
   of the House from entering inappropriate relationships with House 
                               employees.

    Resolved, That clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not engage 
in a sexual relationship with any employee of the House, except that--
            ``(1) this paragraph does not apply with respect to any 
        relationship between two people who are married to each other; 
        and
            ``(2) the Committee on Ethics may grant an exemption under 
        paragraph (d) with respect to an employee who--
                    ``(A) does not work under the supervision of the 
                Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner; and
                    ``(B) is not an employee of a committee on which 
                the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
                serves.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end, the following:
    ``(d)(1) Not later than 60 days after the adoption of this 
resolution, the Committee on Ethics shall issue regulations 
establishing procedures for the confidential submission and review of 
requests for exemptions under paragraph (a)(2).
    ``(2) The regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall--
            ``(A) require confidential disclosure of the relationship 
        by the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner;
            ``(B) establish standards for determining whether the 
        relationship creates an actual or apparent conflict of interest 
        or otherwise violates this Code of Official Conduct;
            ``(C) authorize the Committee on Ethics to take any action 
        it sees necessary to protect the integrity of the House; and
            ``(D) require prompt notification to the Committee of any 
        material change in circumstances affecting an exemption granted 
        under this paragraph.''.
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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members of the House from entering inappropriate relationships with House employees.

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