Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of Representatives to complete a program of emergency preparedness training during each Congress, and for other purposes.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 250 Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of Representatives to complete a program of emergency preparedness training during each Congress, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 17, 2021 Mr. NORMAN (for himself and Mr. LOUDERMILK) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration RESOLUTION Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of Representatives to complete a program of emergency preparedness training during each Congress, and for other purposes. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. MANDATORY COMPLETION OF PROGRAM OF 2 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAINING. 3 (a) REQUIRING TRAINING FOR ALL MEMBERS, OFFI- 4 CERS, AND EMPLOYEES.— 5 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days 6 after the date of the adoption of this resolution, the 7 Committee on House Administration shall issue reg- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 Mar 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR250.IH HR250 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 250 IH ulations to require each Member (including each 1 Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con- 2 gress), officer, and employee of the House of Rep- 3 resentatives to complete a program of emergency 4 preparedness training during each Congress. 5 (2) INCLUSION OF INTERNS, FELLOWS, AND 6 DETAILEES.—For purposes of this resolution, an in- 7 dividual serving in an office of the House of Rep- 8 resentatives as an intern (including an unpaid in- 9 tern), a participant in a fellowship program, or a 10 detailee from another office of the Federal govern- 11 ment shall be considered an employee of the House. 12 (b) COMPONENTS OF TRAINING.— 13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The program required under 14 this section shall include each of the following: 15 (A) Training in the use of emergency 16 equipment, including escape hoods. 17 (B) Reviewing protective actions, emer- 18 gency notifications, and office-level emergency 19 preparedness. 20 (C) Reviewing safe haven protocols, except 21 that the program may not reveal to any individ- 22 uals, other than Members, personnel of the 23 Capitol Police, personnel of the Office of the 24 Sergeant-at-Arms, and other personnel des- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 Mar 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR250.IH HR250 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 250 IH ignated by the Sergeant-at-Arms, any safe 1 haven locations established for Members. 2 (2) APPROPRIATENESS OF TRAINING BASED ON 3 LOCATION OF OFFICE.—The program required under 4 this section shall provide training for employees of 5 an office which is appropriate for the needs of the 6 office, taking into account whether the office is lo- 7 cated in a House office building or in a Congres- 8 sional district office. 9 (c) AVAILABILITY OF REMOTE TRAINING.—The pro- 10 gram required under this section shall be provided re- 11 motely and no individual shall be required to receive train- 12 ing under the program in person, except that an individual 13 may, at the individual’s option, receive training under the 14 program in person beginning with the second session of 15 the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress or (if earlier) be- 16 ginning at such time as the Chair and ranking minority 17 member of the Committee on House Administration deter- 18 mine that the program may be provided safely in person. 19 (d) USE OF EXISTING HOUSE RESOURCES.—To the 20 greatest extent practicable, the program required under 21 this section shall be carried out by the Office of the Ser- 22 geant-at-Arms, in consultation with the United States 23 Capitol Police, through the use of existing resources, in- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 Mar 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR250.IH HR250 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 250 IH cluding video recording and programming, of the House 1 of Representatives. 2 (e) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF TRAINING.— 3 Under the regulations issued by the Committee on House 4 Administration under subsection (a), an individual shall 5 complete the program of training required under sub- 6 section (a), and a certificate of completion of such training 7 shall be added to the individual’s training record under 8 the Congressional Staff Academy, not later than— 9 (1) in the case of an individual who is serving 10 as a Member, officer, or employee of the House as 11 of the first day of the first session of Congress, not 12 later than December 31 of the year in which the ses- 13 sion begins; or 14 (2) in the case of any other individual, not later 15 than 60 days after the individual first becomes a 16 Member, officer, or employee of the House during 17 the session. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 Mar 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR250.IH HR250 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS