I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3220 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement benefits 
to individuals convicted of certain offenses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal 
retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain 
offenses, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DENIAL OF FEDERAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS. 
(a) CONVICTION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8312(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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(C) by adding after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) was convicted, after the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph, of an offense named by sub-
section (e), to the extent provided by that sub-
section.’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The last sentence of sec-
tion 8312(a) of such title 5 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding after subparagraph (B) the 
following: 
‘‘(C) with respect to the offenses named by sub-
section (e), to the period after the date of convic-
tion.’’. 
(3) OFFENSES
SPECIFIED.—Section 8312 of 
such title 5 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) The following are offenses to which subsection 
(a) applies: 
‘‘(1) An offense within the purview of section 
641 of title 18, committed after the date of the en-
actment of this subsection. 
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‘‘(2) Perjury committed under the statutes of 
the United States or the District of Columbia in 
falsely denying the commission of an act which con-
stitutes an offense within the purview of paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) Subornation of perjury committed in con-
nection with the false denial of another individual as 
specified by paragraph (3).’’. 
(b) ABSENCE FROM UNITED STATES TO AVOID 
PROSECUTION.—Section 8313(a)(1) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(A); 
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) after the date of the enactment of 
subsection (e) of section 8312, for an offense 
named by such subsection; and’’. 
(c) REFUND OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEPOSITS.— 
Section 8316(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
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(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) if the individual was convicted of an of-
fense named by subsection (e) of section 8312, for 
the period after the conviction.’’. 
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