to a Federal candidate or candidates and does 
reflect support for or opposition to a State or 
local candidate or candidates or an applicable 
State or local issue. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘qualified non-Federal account’ means 
an account which consists solely of amounts— 
‘‘(A) that, subject to the limitations of 
paragraphs (2) and (3), are raised by the sepa-
rate segregated fund or nonconnected com-
mittee only from individuals, and 
‘‘(B) with respect to which all require-
ments of Federal, State, or local law (including 
any law relating to contribution limits) are met. 
‘‘(2)
LIMITATION
ON
INDIVIDUAL
DONA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A separate segregated 
fund or nonconnected committee may not ac-
cept more than $25,000 in funds for its quali-
fied non-Federal account from any one indi-
vidual in any calendar year. 
‘‘(B) AFFILIATION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, all qualified non-Federal accounts of 
separate
segregated
funds
or
nonconnected 
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committees which are directly or indirectly es-
tablished, financed, maintained, or controlled by 
the same person or persons shall be treated as 
one account. 
‘‘(3) FUNDRAISING LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—No donation to a 
qualified non-Federal account may be solicited, 
received, directed, transferred, or spent by or in 
the name of any person described in subsection 
(a) or (e) of section 323. 
‘‘(B) FUNDS NOT TREATED AS SUBJECT 
TO
ACT.—Except as provided in subsection 
(a)(2) and this subsection, any funds raised for 
a qualified non-Federal account in accordance 
with the requirements of this section shall not 
be considered funds subject to the limitations, 
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this 
Act for any purpose (including for purposes of 
subsection (a) or (e) of section 323 or sub-
section (d)(1) of this section). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL ACCOUNT.—The term ‘Federal 
account’ means an account which consists solely of 
contributions subject to the limitations, prohibitions, 
and reporting requirements of this Act. Nothing in 
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this section or in section 323(b)(2)(B)(iii) shall be 
construed to infer that a limit other than the limit 
under section 315(a)(1)(C) applies to contributions 
to the account. 
‘‘(2) NONCONNECTED COMMITTEE.—The term 
‘nonconnected committee’ shall not include a polit-
ical committee of a political party. 
‘‘(3) VOTER DRIVE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘voter 
drive activity’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 301(28).’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304(e) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434(e)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) RECEIPTS
AND
DISBURSEMENTS
FROM 
QUALIFIED NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNTS.—In addition 
to any other reporting requirement applicable under 
this Act, a political committee to which section 
325(a) applies shall report all receipts and disburse-
ments from a qualified non-Federal account (as de-
fined in section 325(c)).’’. 
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(c) REGULATIONS.—The Federal Election Commis-
sion shall promulgate regulations to implement the amend-
ments made by this section not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date which is 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 604. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF PARTY EX-
PENDITURES ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES IN 
GENERAL ELECTIONS. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMIT.—Section 315(d) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law with respect to limita-
tions on expenditures or limitations on con-
tributions, the national committee’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law with respect to limitations on amounts of 
expenditures or contributions, a national com-
mittee’’, 
(B) by striking ‘‘the general’’ and inserting 
‘‘any’’, and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘Federal office, subject to 
the limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral office in any amount’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) INDEXING.—Section 315(c) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441a(c)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘(d),’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘subsections (b) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’. 
(2) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
SENATE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section 
315(i) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(i)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii)— 
(i) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I), 
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a period, and 
(iii) by striking subclause (III); 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(A) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and a party 
committee shall not make any expenditure,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and party expenditures previously made’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘and 
a party shall not make any expenditure’’. 
(3) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
HOUSE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section 
315A(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a—1(a)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A), 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period, and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and a party 
committee shall not make any expenditure,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and party expenditures previously made’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘and 
a party shall not make any expenditure’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect January 1, 2006. 
SEC. 605. CONSTRUCTION. 
No provision of this title, or amendment made by this 
title, shall be construed— 
(1) as approving, ratifying, or endorsing a regu-
lation promulgated by the Federal Election Commis-
sion; 
(2) as establishing, modifying, or otherwise af-
fecting the definition of political organization for 
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or 
(3) as affecting the determination of whether a 
group organized under section 501(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is a political committee under 
section 301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971. 
SEC. 606. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) SPECIAL RULES
FOR ACTIONS BROUGHT
ON 
CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS.—If any action is brought for 
declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge the constitu-
tionality of any provision of this title or any amendment 
made by this title, the following rules shall apply: 
(1) The action shall be filed in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia 
and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur-
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suant to section 2284 of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 
promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and the Secretary of the Senate. 
(3) A final decision in the action shall be re-
viewable only by appeal directly to the Supreme 
Court of the United States. Such appeal shall be 
taken by the filing of a notice of appeal within 10 
days, and the filing of a jurisdictional statement 
within 30 days, of the entry of the final decision. 
(4) It shall be the duty of the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia and the 
Supreme Court of the United States to advance on 
the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible 
extent the disposition of the action and appeal. 
(b) INTERVENTION BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—In 
any action in which the constitutionality of any provision 
of this title or any amendment made by this title is raised 
(including but not limited to an action described in sub-
section (a)), any Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Con-
gress) or Senate shall have the right to intervene either 
in support of or opposition to the position of a party to 
the case regarding the constitutionality of the provision 
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or amendment. To avoid duplication of efforts and reduce 
the burdens placed on the parties to the action, the court 
in any such action may make such orders as it considers 
necessary, including orders to require intervenors taking 
similar positions to file joint papers or to be represented 
by a single attorney at oral argument. 
(c) CHALLENGE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Any 
Member of Congress may bring an action, subject to the 
special rules described in subsection (a), for declaratory 
or injunctive relief to challenge the constitutionality of any 
provision of this title or any amendment made by this title. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) INITIAL CLAIMS.—With respect to any ac-
tion initially filed on or before December 31, 2008, 
the provisions of subsection (a) shall apply with re-
spect to each action described in such subsection. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
ACTIONS.—With respect to 
any action initially filed after December 31, 2008, 
the provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to 
any action described in such subsection unless the 
person filing such action elects such provisions to 
apply to the action. 
SEC. 607. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this title or any amendment made 
by this title, or the application of a provision or amend-
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ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be uncon-
stitutional, the remainder of this title and the amendments 
made by this title, and the application of the provisions 
and amendments to any person or circumstance, shall not 
be affected by the holding. 
ΩTITLE VII—FORFEITURE OF 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS 
ΩSEC. 701. LOSS OF PENSIONS ACCRUED DURING SERVICE 
AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR ABUSING 
THE PUBLIC TRUST. 
Ω(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 
8332 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
Ω‘‘(o)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subchapter, the service of an individual finally convicted 
of an offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be taken 
into account for purposes of this subchapter, except that 
this sentence applies only to service rendered as a Member 
(irrespective of when rendered). Any such individual (or 
other person determined under section 8342(c), if applica-
ble) shall be entitled to be paid so much of such individ-
ual’s lump-sum credit as is attributable to service to which 
the preceding sentence applies. 
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Ω‘‘(2)(A) An offense described in this paragraph is 
any offense described in subparagraph (B) for which the 
following apply: 
Ω‘‘(i) Every act or omission of the individual 
(referred to in paragraph (1)) that is needed to sat-
isfy the elements of the offense occurs while the in-
dividual is a Member. 
Ω‘‘(ii) Every act or omission of the individual 
that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense 
directly relates to the performance of the individual’s 
official duties as a Member. 
Ω‘‘(iii) The offense is committed after the date 
of enactment of this subsection. 
Ω‘‘(B) An offense described in this subparagraph is 
only the following, and only to the extent that the offense 
is a felony under title 18: 
Ω‘‘(i) An offense under section 201 of title 18 
(bribery of public officials and witnesses). 
Ω‘‘(ii) An offense under section 219 of title 18 
(officers and employees acting as agents of foreign 
principals). 
Ω‘‘(iii) An offense under section 371 of title 18 
(conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United 
States) to the extent of any conspiracy to commit an 
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act which constitutes an offense under clause (i) or 
(ii). 
Ω‘‘(3) An individual convicted of an offense described 
in paragraph (2) shall not, after the date of the final con-
viction, be eligible to participate in the retirement system 
under this subchapter or chapter 84 while serving as a 
Member. 
Ω‘‘(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe any regulations necessary to carry out this sub-
section. Such regulations shall include— 
Ω‘‘(A) provisions under which interest on any 
lump-sum payment under the second sentence of 
paragraph (1) shall be limited in a manner similar 
to that specified in the last sentence of section 
8316(b); and 
Ω‘‘(B) provisions under which the Office may 
provide for— 
Ω‘‘(i) the payment, to the spouse or chil-
dren of any individual referred to in the first 
sentence of paragraph (1), of any amounts 
which (but for this clause) would otherwise have 
been nonpayable by reason of such first sen-
tence, but only to the extent that the applica-
tion of this clause is considered necessary given 
the totality of the circumstances; and 
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Ω‘‘(ii) an appropriate adjustment in the 
amount of any lump-sum payment under the 
second sentence of paragraph (1) to reflect the 
application of clause (i). 
Ω‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection— 
Ω‘‘(A) the term ‘Member’ has the meaning 
given such term by section 2106, notwithstanding 
section 8331(2); and 
Ω‘‘(B) the term ‘child’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 8341.’’. 
Ω(b)
FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES’
RETIREMENT
SYS-
TEM.—Section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
Ω‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter, the service of an individual finally convicted of 
an offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be taken 
into account for purposes of this chapter, except that this 
sentence applies only to service rendered as a Member (ir-
respective of when rendered). Any such individual (or 
other person determined under section 8424(d), if applica-
ble) shall be entitled to be paid so much of such individ-
ual’s lump-sum credit as is attributable to service to which 
the preceding sentence applies. 
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Ω‘‘(2) An offense described in this paragraph is any 
offense described in section 8332(o)(2)(B) for which the 
following apply: 
Ω‘‘(A) Every act or omission of the individual 
(referred to in paragraph (1)) that is needed to sat-
isfy the elements of the offense occurs while the in-
dividual is a Member. 
Ω‘‘(B) Every act or omission of the individual 
that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense 
directly relates to the performance of the individual’s 
official duties as a Member. 
Ω‘‘(C) The offense is committed after the date 
of enactment of this subsection. 
Ω‘‘(3) An individual finally convicted of an offense de-
scribed in paragraph (2) shall not, after the date of the 
conviction, be eligible to participate in the retirement sys-
tem under this chapter while serving as a Member. 
Ω‘‘(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe any regulations necessary to carry out this sub-
section. Such regulations shall include— 
Ω‘‘(A) provisions under which interest on any 
lump-sum payment under the second sentence of 
paragraph (1) shall be limited in a manner similar 
to that specified in the last sentence of section 
8316(b); and 
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Ω‘‘(B) provisions under which the Office may 
provide for— 
Ω‘‘(i) the payment, to the spouse or chil-
dren of any individual referred to in the first 
sentence of paragraph (1), of any amounts 
which (but for this clause) would otherwise have 
been nonpayable by reason of such first sen-
tence, but only to the extent that the applica-
tion of this clause is considered necessary given 
the totality of the circumstances; and 
Ω‘‘(ii) an appropriate adjustment in the 
amount of any lump-sum payment under the 
second sentence of paragraph (1) to reflect the 
application of clause (i). 
Ω‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection— 
Ω‘‘(A) the term ‘Member’ has the meaning 
given such term by section 2106, notwithstanding 
section 8401(20); and 
Ω‘‘(B) the term ‘child’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 8341.’’.æ 
TITLE VII—FORFEITURE OF 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS 
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Pen-
sion Forfeiture Act’’. 
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SEC. 702. CONVICTION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8312 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended in subsection 
(a)— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(3) by adding after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) was convicted of an offense 
named by subsection (d), to the extent pro-
vided by that subsection.’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(5) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(6) by adding after subparagraph (B) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) with respect to the offenses 
named by subsection (d), to the period 
after the date of the conviction.’’. 
(b) OFFENSES COVERED.—Such section is 
further amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as 
subsection (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the fol-
lowing are the offenses to which subsection 
(a)(3) applies: 
‘‘(A) In title 18— 
‘‘(i) section 201 (bribery of public 
officials and witnesses); 
‘‘(ii) section 219 (officers and em-
ployees acting as agents of foreign 
principals); 
‘‘(iii) section 371 (conspiracy to 
commit offense or to defraud United 
States), to the extent of any conspiracy 
to commit an act which constitutes an 
offense within the purview of such sec-
tion 201; or 
‘‘(iv) section 641 (public money, 
property or records). 
‘‘(B) Perjury committed under the stat-
utes of the United States in falsely deny-
ing the commission of an act which con-
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