I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3505 
To provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional 
employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist representing a foreign 
principal shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other 
Federal benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2017 
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 
senior Congressional employee who receives compensation 
as a lobbyist representing a foreign principal shall not 
be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Fed-
eral benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. PROHIBITION RELATING TO CERTAIN FEDERAL 
BENEFITS FOR A FORMER MEMBER OF CON-
GRESS OR FORMER SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL 
EMPLOYEE WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION 
AS A LOBBYIST REPRESENTING FOREIGN 
PRINCIPAL. 
(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 who represents 
a foreign principal; and 
(B) entitled to compensation as a lobbyist 
who represents a foreign principal. 
(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 
senior Congressional employee after the date of the enact-
ment 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: 
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(1) The Civil Service Retirement System, in-
cluding the Thrift Savings Plan. 
(2) The Federal Employees Retirement System, 
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 ‘‘senior Congressional employee’’ 
means— 
(A) each officer or employee of the legisla-
tive branch (except any officer or employee of 
the Government Accountability Office) who, for 
at least 60 days, occupies a position for which 
the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 
120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay 
payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule; 
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(B) each officer or employee of the Govern-
ment Accountability Office who, for at least 60 
consecutive days, occupies a position for which 
the rate of basic pay, minus the amount of lo-
cality pay that would have been authorized 
under section 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code (had the officer or employee been paid 
under the General Schedule), for the locality 
within which the position of such officer or em-
ployee is located (as determined by the Comp-
troller General), is equal to or greater than 120 
percent of the minimum rate of basic pay pay-
able for GS–15 of the General Schedule; and 
(C) at least one principal assistant des-
ignated for purposes of this paragraph by each 
Member who does not have an employee who 
occupies a position for which the rate of basic 
pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of 
the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS– 
15 of the General Schedule; 
(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 
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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 
under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.); 
(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); and 
(5) the term ‘‘foreign principal’’ has the mean-
ing given such term by section 1(b) of the Foreign 
Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(b)). 
(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— 
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(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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