The revelations that taxpayer money was used for a settlement to resolve sexual harassment allegations involving Rep. John Conyers John James ConyersBiden's immigration plan has serious problems Tlaib wins Michigan Democratic primary Tlaib holds lead in early vote count against primary challenger MORE Jr. (D-Mich.) has put new momentum behind legislation to make such settlements public, but the bill still faces obstacles to its passage.

Debates remain over whether to make the taxpayer-funded settlements public, if victims bound by confidentiality agreements can speak to ethics investigators, and if complaints of harassment should be made directly to the ethics committees.

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The Senate adopted a resolution earlier this month requiring sexual harassment awareness training for its members and staff, while the House plans to follow suit on Wednesday. But overhauling the complex system available to staff to report complaints will require more time than the quick votes in the House and Senate to mandate the training on Capitol Hill.

Passing such measures won’t require the same kind of bicameral compromise needed to reform the reporting process established more than two decades ago by the Congressional Accountability Act.

Moving bipartisan resolutions that change only one chamber’s rules and ethics guidelines are the easy part.

“Anytime we send something over to the Senate, it’s an iffy proposition,” said Rep. Bradley Byrne Bradley Roberts ByrneBottom line Jerry Carl wins GOP Alabama runoff to replace Rep. Bradley Byrne Jeff Sessions loses comeback bid in Alabama runoff MORE (R-Ala.), who previously practiced employment law and is working with other lawmakers to overhaul Capitol Hill harassment policies.

Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) directed the House Administration Committee to review congressional workplace harassment and discrimination policies. As part of that effort, the committee plans to hold a hearing next Thursday to discuss how to reform the harassment reporting and settlement process run through the Office of Compliance.

Legislation authored by Rep. Jackie Speier Karen (Jackie) Lorraine Jacqueline SpeierOvernight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies House to vote on 'I Am Vanessa Guillén' bill Overnight Defense: Trump's battle with Pentagon poses risks in November | Lawmakers launch Fort Hood probe | Military members can't opt out of tax deferral MORE (D-Calif.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten GillibrandSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Suburban moms are going to decide the 2020 election Jon Stewart urges Congress to help veterans exposed to burn pits MORE (D-N.Y.) would require the Office of Compliance to publish a report on its website starting this year identifying each employing office involved in cases with settlements, the monetary amount and the number of allegations made against the office. The reports could not disclose the identities of people who made the allegations.

Lawmakers accused of harassment would also have to reimburse the taxpayers for settlements, which are paid out of a special fund operated by the Treasury Department.

The bill would also waive what’s currently a months-long mandatory counseling and mediation process with the employing office and establish a victims’ counsel to provide representation to complainants.

Neither Ryan nor Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGraham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Trump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally The Memo: Dems face balancing act on SCOTUS fight MORE (R-Ky.) have specifically committed to votes on the Speier–Gillibrand bill or any similar measure to overhaul the Office of Compliance process to date.

Six Republicans are currently cosponsors of the House version of the Speier–Gillibrand legislation, but so far none have signed on to the Senate counterpart.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiTrump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally CDC causes new storm by pulling coronavirus guidance Overnight Health Care: CDC pulls revised guidance on coronavirus | Government watchdog finds supply shortages are harming US response | As virus pummels US, Europe sees its own spike MORE (D-Calif.) supports the legislation, but appeared skeptical about retroactively making all taxpayer-funded settlements public.

When asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” if she supported the idea, Pelosi said, “Not necessarily. Sometimes the victim does not want that to happen.”

Other lawmakers, meanwhile, have pushed for more transparency about settlements after BuzzFeed reported last week that a former Conyers staffer who accused him of sexual harassment was paid a more than $27,000 settlement in exchange for a confidentiality agreement.

Instead of coming out of the Treasury fund for such payments, the settlement was paid from Conyers’s office over the course of three months. The former staffer was listed as a “temporary employee” for the payments, even though she did not do any actual work during that period.

“If a member of Congress is going to settle a sexual harassment claim, taxpayers should have the right to know about it since they’re the ones footing the bill,” said Rep. Cheri Bustos Cheryl (Cheri) Lea BustosThe Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally DCCC dropping million on voter education program Clark rolls out endorsements in assistant Speaker race MORE (D-Ill.).

Rep. Ron DeSantis Ron DeSantisTrump may meet with potential Supreme Court pick in Miami Florida governor unveils legislation targeting protesters in 'violent or disorderly' demonstrations Names to watch as Trump picks Ginsburg replacement on Supreme Court MORE (R-Fla.) intends to introduce legislation this week similar to the Speier–Gillibrand proposal that would make all taxpayer-funded settlements public, prohibit the use of tax dollars to settle sexual harassment claims against a lawmaker or congressional staffer and require lawmakers named in a settlement to reimburse taxpayers.

One provision in the DeSantis measure to prohibit lawmakers from using their office budgets to conceal settlement payments would be dubbed the “Conyers rule.”

A DeSantis spokeswoman said that the bill, which is still being finalized, is already drawing bipartisan interest.

Then there’s the question of whether people who have been paid settlements in exchange for their silence can speak with ethics investigators like those who are now reviewing the allegations against Conyers. The House Ethics Committee declined to comment.

Pelosi called for clarifying that victims bound by nondisclosure agreements should be able to speak with the House Ethics Committee.

“We’re saying we think the Ethics Committee can, but if you don’t agree, we’ll pass a law that says the Ethics Committee can, a resolution in Congress that the Ethics Committee can,” Pelosi said on “Meet the Press.”

Rep. Diana DeGette Diana Louise DeGette87 lawmakers ask EPA to reverse course after rescinding methane regulations Overnight Health Care: Supreme Court to hear ObamaCare arguments 1 week after election | NYC positive COVID-19 tests hit record low With Biden, advocates sense momentum for lifting abortion funding ban MORE (D-Colo.), meanwhile, called for automatically reporting lawmakers accused of harassment or discrimination through the Office of Compliance process to the House Ethics Committee.

“The Office of Compliance has to be linked to the Ethics Committee. Right now, the Office of Compliance could find that a member of Congress engaged in any kind of discrimination, including harassment, and that would not have to be reported to the Ethics Committee. So there needs to be a linkage there,” DeGette told MSNBC’s Katy Tur on Monday.