I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6424 
To provide that a former Member of Congress or former Congressional em-
ployee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible 
for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 
Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that a former Member of Congress or former 
Congressional employee who receives compensation as a 
lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or 
certain other Federal benefits. 
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 ‘‘End the Congressional 
Revolving Door Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION RELATING TO CERTAIN FEDERAL 
BENEFITS FOR A FORMER MEMBER OF CON-
GRESS OR FORMER CONGRESSIONAL EM-
PLOYEE WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION AS 
A LOBBYIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A covered individual who is a reg-
istered lobbyist shall not be eligible for any covered bene-
fits for any month— 
(1) which begins after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(2) in or for which such covered individual is— 
(A) employed as a lobbyist; and 
(B) entitled to compensation as a lobbyist. 
(b) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an individual 
who becomes a former Member of Congress or a former 
Congressional employee after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) COVERED BENEFITS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered benefits’’, as used with respect to 
a covered individual, means any payment or other benefit 
which is payable, by virtue of service performed by such 
covered individual, under any of the following: 
(1) The Civil Service Retirement System, in-
cluding the Thrift Savings Plan. 
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(2) The Federal Employees’ Retirement Sys-
tem, including the Thrift Savings Plan. 
(3) The Federal Employees’ Health Benefits 
Program, including enhanced dental benefits and en-
hanced vision benefits under chapters 89A and 89B, 
respectively, of title 5, United States Code. 
(4) The Federal Employees’ Group Life Insur-
ance Program. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a 
Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, 
or Delegate to the House of Representatives, and 
the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; 
(2) the term ‘‘Congressional employee’’ has the 
meaning given such term by section 2107 of title 5, 
United States Code; 
(3) the term ‘‘registered lobbyist’’ means— 
(A) a lobbyist registered or required to 
register, or on whose behalf a registration is 
filed or required to be filed, under section 4 of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1603); and 
(B) an individual registered or required to 
register as the agent of a foreign principal 
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under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.); and 
(4) the term ‘‘lobbyist’’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602). 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be considered to prevent the payment of— 
(1) any lump-sum credit, as defined by section 
8331(8) or 8401(19) of title 5, United States Code, 
to which an individual is entitled; or 
(2) any amount in the account of an individual 
in the Thrift Savings Fund which, as of the date on 
which paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) are 
first met with respect to such individual, is non-
forfeitable. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Any regulations necessary to 
carry out this section may be prescribed— 
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), by the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management; 
and 
(2) to the extent that this Act relates to the 
Thrift Savings Plan, by the Executive Director (as 
defined by section 8401(13) of title 5, United States 
Code). 
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