# § 1437a. Training and education programs of employing offices
**(a)** **Requiring offices to develop and implement programs** Each employing office shall develop and implement a program to train and educate covered employees of the office in the rights and protections provided under this chapter, including the procedures available under subchapter IV to consider alleged violations of this chapter.
**(b)** **Report to committees**
**(1)** **In general** Not later than 45 days after the beginning of each Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress), each employing office shall submit a report to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate on the implementation of the program required under subsection (a).
**(2)** **Special rule for first report** December 21, 2018
Not later than 180 days after , each employing office shall submit the report described in paragraph (1) to the Committees described in such paragraph.
**(c)** **Exception for offices of Congress** This section does not apply to an employing office of the House of Representatives or an employing office of the Senate.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–1, title V, § 509, as added Pub. L. 115–397, title III, § 306(a)(2), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5324.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
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### Prior Provisions
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## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
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