WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives adopted a resolution led by Representative Thomas Massie on Tuesday, directing the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights and the House Ethics Committee to release a "single consolidated list" of members who paid out sexual misconduct settlements within 60 days. The resolution also mandates the release of aggregate totals for misconduct by employees of the House.

The resolution, brought up by Massie as a question of privilege, was approved with 420 votes in favor. One Republican lawmaker, Representative Nancy Mace, voted present on the measure. Massie urged his colleagues to vote for the resolution, stating, "I would urge my colleagues to vote for this in the interest of transparency and openness." He added, "If somebody thinks what I'm doing is redundant, then it's an easy yes vote." He said, "You shouldn't have to go get a subpoena through a committee to go find this."

Representative Kat Cammack said, "I welcome any attempt." Mace stated that she had already undertaken similar actions. "I already did this," Mace said. "I subpoenaed the files in oversight in March and released them in May." In March, Mace offered a motion to subpoena the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights for records of certain settlements made prior to December 2018 at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, which the committee agreed to by voice vote. Mace later shared a summary of the subpoena's results on her social media accounts.

Since the enactment of a 2018 law requiring members of Congress to pay sexual misconduct settlement bills themselves, the House Ethics Committee has stated that it has not been notified of any awards or settlements related to sexual harassment allegations against a member. That same 2018 law also requires the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to publish an annual report detailing misconduct payments and whether reimbursements have been made. Between January 1, 1996, and December 12, 2018, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights approved 349 awards or settlements to resolve complaints against legislative branch offices; 80 of these cases were settled by a House or Senate office, and seven of those 80 cases involved payments to address allegations of sexual harassment.