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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5539 

To set the annual rate of compensation for a Member of Congress who 

has served six consecutive terms as a Member of the House of Representatives or two consecutive terms as a Senator at $1, to amend title 

5, United States Code, to exclude any service of a Member of Congress 

occurring during any pay period for which the Member’s annual rate 

of compensation is $1 as creditable service for purposes of an annuity 

under that title, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2018 

Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida (for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. 

GALLAGHER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. BLUM, Mr. BRAT, and Mr. NORMAN) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 

and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To set the annual rate of compensation for a Member of 

Congress who has served six consecutive terms as a 

Member of the House of Representatives or two consecutive terms as a Senator at $1, to amend title 5, United 

States Code, to exclude any service of a Member of 

Congress occurring during any pay period for which the 

Member’s annual rate of compensation is $1 as creditable 

service for purposes of an annuity under that title, and 

for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Thomas Jefferson 

5 Public Service Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ANNUAL RATE OF PAY OF $1 

7 FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SERVING SIX 

8 CONSECUTIVE TERMS IN HOUSE OR TWO 

9 CONSECUTIVE TERMS IN SENATE. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ANNUAL RATE OF PAY AT

11 $1.—Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 

12 of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘The annual rate of pay’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), the 

15 annual rate of pay’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(3) The annual rate of pay for an individual de19 scribed in paragraph (1) shall be $1 for any pay period 

20 occurring— 

21 ‘‘(A) in the case of an individual who is a Mem22 ber of the House of Representatives, including a 

23 Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress, 

24 after the individual has served 6 consecutive full 


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1 terms as a Member of the House of Representatives; 

2 or 

3 ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who is a Sen4 ator, after the individual has served 2 consecutive 

5 full terms as a Senator.’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

7 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to terms of service 

8 occurring during the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress or 

9 any succeeding Congress. 

10 SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF MEMBER SERVICE FOR PURPOSES 

11 OF RETIREMENT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, after an individual who is a Member of Con14 gress has served for 6 consecutive full terms in the House 

15 of Representatives or 2 consecutive full terms in the Sen16 ate, any service of that individual as a Member of Con17 gress after the end of that sixth or second term (as the 

18 case may be) shall not be creditable service for purposes 

19 of an annuity under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United 

20 States Code. 

21 (b) CONTRIBUTIONS.—With respect to any service as 

22 a Member of Congress excluded by operation of subsection 

23 (a), no individual or Government contributions shall be 

24 made on behalf of that Member under sections 8334, 

25 8422, or 8423 of title 5, United States Code. 


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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

2 respect to terms of service as a Member of Congress occur3 ring during the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress or any 

4 succeeding Congress. 

5 (d) DEFINITION OF MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—In this 

6 section, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ has the meaning 

7 given the term ‘‘Member’’ in section 8331(2) and 

8 8401(20) (as the case may be) of title 5, United States 

9 Code. 

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