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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2516 

To provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior congressional 

employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible 

for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2023 

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

on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 

and Accountability, 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 provide that a former Member of Congress or former 

senior congressional employee who receives compensation 

as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits 

or certain other Federal benefits. 

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 ‘‘End the Congressional 

5 Revolving Door Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION RELATING TO CERTAIN FEDERAL 

2 BENEFITS FOR A FORMER MEMBER OF CON3 GRESS OR FORMER SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL 

4 EMPLOYEE WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION 

5 AS A LOBBYIST. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—A covered individual who is a reg7 istered lobbyist shall not be eligible for any covered bene8 fits for any month— 

9 (1) which begins after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act; and 

11 (2) in or for which such covered individual is— 

12 (A) employed as a lobbyist; and 

13 (B) entitled to compensation as a lobbyist. 

14 (b) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 

15 section, the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an individual 

16 who becomes a former Member of Congress or a former 

17 senior congressional employee after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act. 

19 (c) COVERED BENEFITS.—For purposes of this sec20 tion, the term ‘‘covered benefits’’, as used with respect to 

21 a covered individual, means any payment or other benefit 

22 which is payable, by virtue of service performed by such 

23 covered individual, under any of the following: 

24 (1) The Civil Service Retirement System, in25 cluding the Thrift Savings Plan. 


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1 (2) The Federal Employees’ Retirement Sys2 tem, including the Thrift Savings Plan. 

3 (3) The Federal Employees’ Health Benefits 

4 Program, including enhanced dental benefits and en5 hanced vision benefits under chapters 89A and 89B, 

6 respectively, of title 5, United States Code. 

7 (4) The Federal Employees’ Group Life Insur8 ance Program. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

10 (1) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a 

11 Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, 

12 or Delegate to the House of Representatives, and 

13 the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; 

14 (2) the term ‘‘senior congressional employee’’ 

15 means— 

16 (A) each officer or employee of the legisla17 tive branch (except any officer or employee of 

18 the Government Accountability Office) who, for 

19 at least 60 days, occupies a position for which 

20 the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 

21 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay 

22 payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule; 

23 (B) each officer or employee of the Govern24 ment Accountability Office who, for at least 60 

25 consecutive days, occupies a position for which 


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1 the rate of basic pay, minus the amount of lo2 cality pay that would have been authorized 

3 under section 5304 of title 5, United States 

4 Code (had the officer or employee been paid 

5 under the General Schedule) for the locality 

6 within which the position of such officer or em7 ployee is located (as determined by the Comp8 troller General), is equal to or greater than 120 

9 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay pay10 able for GS–15 of the General Schedule; and 

11 (C) at least one principal assistant des12 ignated for purposes of this paragraph by each 

13 Member who does not have an employee who 

14 occupies a position for which the rate of basic 

15 pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of 

16 the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS– 

17 15 of the General Schedule; 

18 (3) the term ‘‘registered lobbyist’’ means— 

19 (A) a lobbyist registered or required to 

20 register, or on whose behalf a registration is 

21 filed or required to be filed, under section 4 of 

22 the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

23 1603); and 

24 (B) an individual registered or required to 

25 register as the agent of a foreign principal 


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1 under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 

2 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.); and 

3 (4) the term ‘‘lobbyist’’ has the meaning given 

4 such term by section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure 

5 Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602). 

6 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec7 tion shall be considered to prevent the payment of— 

8 (1) any lump-sum credit, as defined by section 

9 8331(8) or 8401(19) of title 5, United States Code, 

10 to which an individual is entitled; or 

11 (2) any amount in the account of an individual 

12 in the Thrift Savings Fund which, as of the date on 

13 which paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) are 

14 first met with respect to such individual, is non15 forfeitable. 

16 (f) REGULATIONS.—Any regulations necessary to 

17 carry out this section may be prescribed— 

18 (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), by the 

19 Director of the Office of Personnel Management; 

20 and 

21 (2) to the extent that this Act relates to the 

22 Thrift Savings Plan, by the Executive Director (as 

23 defined by section 8401(13) of title 5, United States 

24 Code). 

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