308. Support for out-of-area covered employees. Sec. 309. Renaming Office of Compliance as Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. TITLE IV—Effective Date Sec. 401. Effective date. I Reform of Dispute Resolution Procedures A Reform of Procedures for Initiation, Investigation, and Resolution of Claims 101. Description of procedures available for consideration of alleged violations (a) Procedures described Section 401 ( 2 U.S.C. 1401 ) is amended to read as follows: 401. Procedure for consideration of alleged violations (a) Filing and investigation of claims Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the procedure for consideration of an alleged violation of part A of title II consists of— (1) the filing of a claim by the covered employee alleging the violation, as provided in section 402, which may be followed, as described in that section, with pre-investigation mediation under section 404