I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 567 
To provide that a former Member of Congress receiving compensation as 
a highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to receive certain Federal retire-
ment benefits, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2015 
Mr. ISRAEL 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 receiving 
compensation as a highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible 
to receive certain Federal retirement benefits, 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 ‘‘Revolving Door Pen-
sion Prevention Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS FOR ANY FORMER MEM-
BER OF CONGRESS WHO BECOMES A HIGHLY- 
PAID LOBBYIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, a former Member of Congress may not be paid 
any covered benefit if such former Member is— 
(1) a registered lobbyist; and 
(2) receives in any year annual compensation 
equal to or greater than $1,000,000 as a direct re-
sult of lobbying activities. 
(b) FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘former Member of Congress’’ 
means any Member of Congress who becomes a former 
Member of Congress after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(c) COVERED BENEFITS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered benefits’’, as used with respect to 
a former Member of Congress, means any payment or 
other benefit which is payable, by virtue of service per-
formed by such former Member, under any of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The Civil Service Retirement System, in-
cluding the Thrift Savings Plan. 
(2) The Federal Employees Retirement System, 
including the Thrift Savings Plan. 
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(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. 
(d) RULES 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 a former Member of Congress subject to 
subsection (a) is entitled; 
(2) any contributions in the account of a former 
Member of Congress subject to subsection (a) in the 
Thrift Savings Fund which, as of the date on which 
subsection (a) applies to a former Member, is non-
forfeitable; or 
(3) any annuity payments with respect to an 
annuity of a former Member of Congress subject to 
subsection (a) to a former spouse or survivor who is 
entitled to such payments. 
(e) APPLICATION.—Any forfeiture of an annuity 
under subsection (a) shall be effective on January 1 of 
the year immediately following any year, beginning in 
2016, in which the former Member of Congress receives 
annual compensation equal to or greater than $1,000,000. 
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(f) REGULATIONS.—Any regulations necessary to 
carry out this section may be prescribed by— 
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), the Di-
rector 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). 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the terms ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘client’’, ‘‘covered exec-
utive branch official’’, ‘‘covered legislative branch of-
ficial’’, ‘‘lobbyist’’, ‘‘lobbying activities’’, and ‘‘lob-
bying contact’’, have the meaning given such terms 
in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1602); 
(2) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2106 of title 5, 
United States Code; and 
(3) the term ‘‘registered lobbyist’’ means a lob-
byist 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). 
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