; and (4) by adding to the end the following: (b) Exception In the case of a settlement that relates, in part or in whole, to an allegation of covered discrimination or covered harassment by a Member of Congress (as defined in section 415(f)), in a situation in which the covered employee involved does not object to public disclosure of the settlement, the Member may request a nondisclosure determination. If the appropriate committee finds by a preponderance of the evidence, based on any record from a proceeding under this title that may have existed on the date of the settlement, and using a rebuttable presumption in favor of requiring disclosure, that the Member has not engaged in the alleged covered discrimination or covered harassment, the committee shall issue a nondisclosure determination. The committee shall issue the determination and the committee's rationale for the determination in writing. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate committee The term appropriate committee has the meaning given the term in section 415(f). (2) Nondisclosure determination The term nondisclosure determination means a determination from the appropriate committee that the settlement shall not be publicly disclosed under subsection (a). . 215. Personal liability of Members of Congress Section 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1415 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after the first sentence the following: Under no circumstances may an employing office use funds from the Members’ Representational Allowance under section 101 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act ( 2 U.S.C. 5341 ), the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, or any appropriated funds other than funds appropriated under this subsection, for the payment of awards and settlements under this Act. ; (2) in subsection (c), by striking section 201(a)(3) and inserting section 201(a)(1)(C)