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

Key Points

• The resolution bars House Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from having a sexual relationship with any House employee, expanding beyond current rules that mostly focus on staff who work directly for that Member.
• Married couples are exempt from the ban entirely, and the Ethics Committee can approve an exemption for relationships with employees who are not supervised by the Member and don't work on a committee that Member serves on.
• The Committee on Ethics has 60 days after the rule is adopted to write confidential procedures for Members to request and receive these exemptions.
• Any approved exemption comes with ongoing obligations: the relationship must be confidentially disclosed, reviewed for conflicts of interest, and the Committee must be told promptly if circumstances change.