(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 601(a) of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) 
is repealed. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect 
to pay periods occurring on or after January 1, 
2013. 
(2) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS
REGARDING
VOL-
UNTARY RETURN OF SALARY.—It is the sense of 
Congress that, during pay periods occurring after 
the date of enactment of this Act and prior to the 
date referred to in paragraph (1), each Member of 
Congress should voluntarily adjust the amount of 
the Member’s salary to reflect the annual rates of 
pay that will take effect on such date. 
SEC. 3. RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
(1) MEMBER CONTRIBUTION.—Notwithstanding 
any provision of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (k)(1)(A) of 
section 8334 of title 5, United States Code, for any 
period beginning on or after date of enactment of 
this Act, the contributions payable by a Member of 
Congress under such provision for such period shall 
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be equal to the percentage that would otherwise 
apply plus 4.9 percentage points. 
(2) GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTION.—Notwith-
standing any provision of subsection (a)(1)(B) or 
(k)(1)(B) of section 8334 of such title, for any pe-
riod beginning on or after date of enactment of this 
Act, the contributions payable under such provision 
for a Member of Congress shall be equal to the per-
centage that would otherwise apply minus 4.9 per-
centage points. 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
(1) MEMBER CONTRIBUTION.—Notwithstanding 
any provision of section 8422(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, for any period beginning on or after 
date of enactment of this Act, the contributions pay-
able by a Member of Congress under such provision 
for such period shall be equal to the percentage that 
would otherwise apply plus 4.9 percentage points. 
(2) GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTION.—Notwith-
standing any provision of section 8423 of such title, 
for any period beginning on or after date of enact-
ment of this Act, the contributions payable under 
such provision for a Member of Congress shall be 
equal to the percentage that would otherwise apply 
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(disregarding paragraph (1)) minus 4.9 percentage 
points. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITING COMMODITIES AND SECURITIES 
TRADING BASED ON NONPUBLIC INFORMA-
TION RELATING TO CONGRESS. 
(a) NONPUBLIC INFORMATION RELATING TO CON-
GRESS AND OTHER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) COMMODITIES TRANSACTIONS.—Section 4c 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 6c) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) NONPUBLIC INFORMATION RELATING TO CON-
GRESS.—Not later than 270 days after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Commission shall by rule pro-
hibit any person from buying or selling any commodity 
for future delivery or swap while such person is in posses-
sion of material nonpublic information, as defined by the 
Commission, relating to any pending or prospective legis-
lative action relating to such commodity if— 
‘‘(1) such information was obtained by reason 
of such person being a Member or employee of Con-
gress; or 
‘‘(2) such information was obtained from a 
Member or employee of Congress, and such person 
knows that the information was so obtained. 
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‘‘(i) NONPUBLIC INFORMATION RELATING TO OTHER 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Commission shall by rule prohibit any person from 
buying or selling any commodity for future delivery 
or swap while such person is in possession of mate-
rial nonpublic information derived from Federal em-
ployment and relating to such commodity if— 
‘‘(A) such information was obtained by 
reason of such person being an employee of an 
agency, as such term is defined in section 
551(1) of title 5, United States Code; or 
‘‘(B) such information was obtained from 
such an employee, and such person knows that 
the information was so obtained. 
‘‘(2) MATERIAL
NONPUBLIC
INFORMATION.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘material 
nonpublic information’ means any information that 
an employee of an agency (as such term is defined 
in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code) 
gains by reason of Federal employment and that 
such employee knows or should know has not been 
made available to the general public, including infor-
mation that— 
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