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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4518 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement benefits 
to Government officials convicted of certain crimes; to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to increase the penalties for certain corruption- 
related offenses; and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Govern-
ment Reform and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal 
retirement benefits to Government officials convicted of 
certain crimes; to amend title 18, United States Code, 
to increase the penalties for certain corruption-related 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Anti- 
Corruption Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8312(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1), by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
(2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by inserting after para-
graph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) is convicted of an offense described in sub-
section (d).’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A), by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by insert-
ing after subparagraph (B) the following: 
‘‘(C) with respect to the offenses described in 
subsection (d), to the period after the date of convic-
tion.’’. 
(b) OFFENSES DESCRIBED.—Section 8312 of such 
title 5 is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e), and by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d)(1) An offense described in this subsection is any 
offense which— 
‘‘(A) is within the purview of section 201(b), 
216, 286, 641, 1341, 1343, 1951(a), 1952(a), or 
1963 of title 18; and
‘‘(B) is committed by the individual (as referred 
to in subsection (a))— 
‘‘(i) on or after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) while a covered official. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘cov-
ered official’ means the President, a Member of Congress 
(as defined by section 2106, including the Vice President, 
a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resi-
dent Commissioner from Puerto Rico), and the head of 
an Executive department (as defined by section 101).’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF ANNUITY.—Section 8311(2) of 
such title 5 is amended (in the matter before subpara-
graph (A)) by striking ‘‘benefit, but does not include’’ and 
inserting ‘‘benefit, and (to the extent that a conviction de-
scribed in section 8312(a)(3) is involved) any monetary 
allowance payable to a former President or the widow of 
a former President under the Act of August 25, 1958 (3 
U.S.C. 102 note), but does not include’’. 
(d) ABSENCE FROM UNITED STATES
TO AVOID 
PROSECUTION.—Section 8313(a)(1) of such title 5 is 
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B) and 
inserting ‘‘or’’, and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) after the date of the enactment of 
subsection (d) of section 8312, for an offense 
described in such subsection; and’’. 
(e) NONACCRUAL OF INTEREST ON REFUNDS.—Sec-
tion 8316(b) of such title 5 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end of paragraph (1), by striking the period at the 
end of paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) if the individual was convicted of an of-
fense described in section 8312(d), for the period 
after the conviction.’’. 
SEC. 3. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CORRUP-
TION-RELATED OFFENSES. 
Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 201(b), by striking ‘‘fifteen 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years’’; 
(2) in section 216— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘one 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘two years’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘five 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’; 
(3) in section 286, by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘20 years’’; 
(4) in section 641—
(A) by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting 
‘‘20 years’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting 
‘‘two years’’; 
(5) in section 1341— 
(A) by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘40 years’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘30 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘60 years’’; 
(6) in section 1343— 
(A) by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘40 years’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘30 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘60 years’’; 
(7) in section 1951(a), by striking ‘‘twenty 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘40 years’’; 
(8) in section 1952(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘10 years’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘40 years’’; and 
(9) in section 1963, by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘40 years’’.
SEC. 4. DISQUALIFICATION TO ACT AS LOBBYIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A person convicted of any offense 
under a provision of law listed in subsection (b) is disquali-
fied for life from acting as a lobbyist (as defined in the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995). 
(b) DISQUALIFYING OFFENSES.—The offenses re-
ferred to under subsection (a) are any violations of any 
of the following sections of title 18, United States Code: 
201(b), 216, 286, 641, 1341, 1343, 1951(a), 1952(a), and 
1963. 
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