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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1054 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the basis for the denial 
of retirement credit, for service as a Member of Congress, to include 
conviction of any felony under Federal or State law, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2015 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. MULVANEY, Ms. 
SINEMA, Mr. BABIN, Mr. CLAWSON of Florida, Ms. GRAHAM, Mr. 
RIBBLE, and Mr. JONES) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the basis 
for the denial of retirement credit, for service as a Mem-
ber of Congress, to include conviction of any felony under 
Federal or State law, 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 ‘‘Trust Returned to the 
United States Taxpayer Act’’ or the ‘‘TRUST Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) RELATING TO CSRS.—Section 8332(o)(2) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by repealing clause (ii); and 
(B) in clause (iii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I)(bb); 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
of subclause (II)(bb) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding after subclause (II) the 
following: 
‘‘(III) is committed after the date 
of enactment of the Trust Returned 
to the United States Taxpayer Act 
and is described under subparagraph 
(B)(xxxii).’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(xxxii)(I) An offense, not otherwise 
described under this subparagraph, which 
is a felony under the laws of a State or the 
United States. 
‘‘(II) For purposes of this clause, the 
term ‘State’ includes the District of Co-
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lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
American Samoa, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
and the Virgin Islands.’’. 
(b) RELATING TO FERS.—Section 8411(l)(2) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by repealing subparagraph (B); and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sub-
section.’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection, or, in the case 
of 
an 
offense 
described 
in 
section 
8332(o)(2)(B)(xxxii), after the date of enactment of 
the Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer 
Act.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—For purposes of applying section 
8332(o) of title 5, United States Code, the amendments 
made by this section shall apply to any act or omission 
occurring after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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