; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (d) Committee approvals Before a payment is made from the account described in subsection (a) for a settlement for covered discrimination or covered harassment in an employing office described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 101(12), the chair and ranking member of the appropriate committee shall approve the payment. (e) Personal liability of Members of Congress for payment of settlements and awards (1) Reimbursement If a payment is made from the account described in subsection (a) for an award or settlement that relates, in part or in whole, to an allegation of covered discrimination or covered harassment by a Member of Congress, the Member of Congress who is alleged to have committed the discrimination or harassment shall, except as provided in subparagraph (2), reimburse the account for the amount of the award or settlement. (2) 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, the Member may request a nonreimbursement 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 payment, and using a rebuttable presumption in favor of requiring reimbursement, that the Member of Congress has not engaged in the alleged covered discrimination or covered harassment, the committee shall issue a nonreimbursement determination. The committee shall issue the determination and the committee's rationale for the determination in writing. Unless the settlement is not publicly disclosed under section 414, such determination and rationale shall be publicly disclosed by the Office. (3) Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a Member of Congress to reimburse the account under paragraph (1), with respect to an allegation of covered discrimination, or covered harassment, that is wholly committed by an employee of the