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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1442 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the forfeiture of certain 

Federal retirement benefits for Federal employees convicted of making 

false statements before Congress, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2023 

Mr. CARL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the 

forfeiture of certain Federal retirement benefits for Federal employees convicted of making false statements before Congress, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘No Pensions for Lying 

5 Bureaucrats Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF FEDERAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS 

2 FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES CONVICTED OF 

3 MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS BEFORE CON4 GRESS. 

5 (a) FORFEITURE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8312 of title 5, 

7 United States Code, is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (a)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of 

10 paragraph (1), by striking the period at 

11 the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; 

12 or’’, and by adding after paragraph (2) the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(3) was convicted, on or after the date of the 

15 enactment of this paragraph, of an offense described 

16 in subsection (e), to the extent provided by that sub17 section.’’; and 

18 (ii) in the matter following paragraph 

19 (3) (as added by subparagraph (A) of this 

20 subsection), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 

21 of subparagraph (A), by striking the period 

22 at the end of subparagraph (B) and insert23 ing ‘‘; and’’, and by adding after subpara24 graph (B) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) with respect to an offense described in 

2 subsection (e), to the period after the date of convic3 tion.’’; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(e)(1) An offense to which subsection (a)(3) applies 

6 is any offense within the purview of section 1001 (relating 

7 to false statements) of title 18, but only if every act or 

8 omission of the individual that is needed to satisfy the ele9 ments of the offense— 

10 ‘‘(A) is committed after the date of enactment 

11 of this subsection; 

12 ‘‘(B) directly relates to the performance of the 

13 individual’s official duties as an employee; and 

14 ‘‘(C) is committed while giving testimony before 

15 a committee of Congress. 

16 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the definition of the term ‘em17 ployee’ in section 8311, in this subsection the term ‘em18 ployee’— 

19 ‘‘(A) has the meaning given that term in sec20 tion 2105; and 

21 ‘‘(B) includes any employee of the United 

22 States Postal Service or Postal Regulatory Commis23 sion and any employee appointed under chapter 73 

24 or 74 of title 38, notwithstanding section 7425(b) of 

25 that title.’’. 


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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

2 8311(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

3 by inserting ‘‘except as provided in section 8312(e),’’ 

4 before ‘‘ ‘employee’ ’’. 

5 (b) ABSENCE FROM THE UNITED SATES TO AVOID

6 PROSECUTION.—Section 8313(a)(1) of title 5, United 

7 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of 

8 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub9 paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘or’’, and by adding at the 

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘(C) after the date of the enactment of 

12 this subparagraph, for an offense described in 

13 section 8312(e); and’’. 

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