To amend title 5, United States Code, to make noncreditable for Federal retirement purposes any Member service performed by an individual who is convicted of any of certain offenses committed by that individual while serving as a Member of Congress, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. LOSS OF PENSIONS ACCRUED DURING SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF 
              CONGRESS FOR ABUSING THE PUBLIC TRUST.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8332 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(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 applicable) shall be 
entitled to be paid so much of such individual's lump-sum credit as is 
attributable to service to which the preceding sentence applies.
    ``(2)(A) An offense described in this paragraph is any offense 
described in subparagraph (B) for which the following apply:
            ``(i) Every act or omission of the individual (referred to 
        in paragraph (1)) that is needed to satisfy the elements of the 
        offense occurs while the individual is a Member.
            ``(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.
            ``(iii) The offense is committed after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection.
    ``(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:
            ``(i) An offense under section 201 of title 18 (bribery of 
        public officials and witnesses).
            ``(ii) An offense under section 219 of title 18 (officers 
        and employees acting as agents of foreign principals).
            ``(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 act which 
        constitutes--
                    ``(I) an offense under clause (i) or (ii); or
                    ``(II) an offense under section 207 of title 18 
                (restrictions on former officers, employees, and 
                elected officials of the executive and legislative 
                branches).
            ``(iv) Perjury committed under section 1621 of title 18 in 
        falsely denying the commission of an act which constitutes--
                    ``(I) an offense under clause (i) or (ii); or
                    ``(II) an offense under clause (iii), to the extent 
                provided in such clause.
            ``(v) Subornation of perjury committed under section 1622 
        of title 18 in connection with the false denial or false 
        testimony of another individual as specified in clause (iv).
    ``(3) An individual convicted of an offense described in paragraph 
(2) shall not, after the date of the final conviction, be eligible to 
participate in the retirement system under this subchapter or chapter 
84 while serving as a Member.
    ``(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe any 
regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. Such regulations 
shall include--
            ``(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
            ``(B) provisions under which the Office may provide for--
                    ``(i) the payment, to the spouse or children 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 sentence, but only to the extent that the 
                application of this clause is considered necessary 
                given the totality of the circumstances; and
                    ``(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).
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `Member' has the meaning given such term by 
        section 2106, notwithstanding section 8331(2); and
            ``(B) the term `child' has the meaning given such term by 
        section 8341.''.
    (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--Section 8411 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(l)(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 (irrespective of when rendered). Any such individual (or other 
person determined under section 8424(d), if applicable) shall be 
entitled to be paid so much of such individual's lump-sum credit as is 
attributable to service to which the preceding sentence applies.
    ``(2) An offense described in this paragraph is any offense 
described in section 8332(o)(2)(B) for which the following apply:
            ``(A) Every act or omission of the individual (referred to 
        in paragraph (1)) that is needed to satisfy the elements of the 
        offense occurs while the individual is a Member.
            ``(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.
            ``(C) The offense is committed after the date of enactment 
        of this subsection.
    ``(3) An individual convicted of an offense described in paragraph 
(2) shall not, after the date of the final conviction, be eligible to 
participate in the retirement system under this chapter while serving 
as a Member.
    ``(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe any 
regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. Such regulations 
shall include--
            ``(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
            ``(B) provisions under which the Office may provide for--
                    ``(i) the payment, to the spouse or children 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 sentence, but only to the extent that the 
                application of this clause is considered necessary 
                given the totality of the circumstances; and
                    ``(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).
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `Member' has the meaning given such term by 
        section 2106, notwithstanding section 8401(20); and
            ``(B) the term `child' has the meaning given such term by 
        section 8341.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 2007.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Summary: Amends federal civil service law regarding the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to exclude from retirement accounting any service as a Member of Congress of an individual finally convicted of a felony involving: (1) bribery of public officials and witnesses; (2) acting as an agent of a foreign principal while a federal public official; (3) conspiracy to commit an offense or to defraud the United States; (4) perjury; or (5) subornation of perjury. Entitles such individual, all the same, to so much of his or her lump-sum credit as is attributable to such service.

Requires, with respect to each offense, that: (1) every act or commission of the individual that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense occurs while the individual is a Member; (2) such act or omission directly relates to the performance of the individual's official duties as a Member; and (3) the offense is committed after enactment of this Act.

Defines Member as the Vice President, a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.