Title: Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act or the TRUST Act
This bill denies retirement benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to a Member of Congress who is convicted of any crime committed after the enactment of this bill that is a felony under federal or state law (currently, limited to specified felonies under federal law).

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 291 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 291

   To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the basis for the 
 denial of retirement credit, for service as a Member of Congress, to 
 include conviction of any felony under Federal or State law, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2017

   Mr. Yoho (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. 
    Massie, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Flores, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Poliquin, Mrs. 
  Blackburn, and Mr. Olson) 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 within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the basis for the 
 denial of retirement credit, for service as a Member of Congress, to 
 include conviction of any felony under Federal or State law, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trust Returned to the United States 
Taxpayer Act'' or the ``TRUST Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Relating to CSRS.--Section 8332(o)(2) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by repealing clause (ii); and
                    (B) in clause (iii)--
                            (i) by striking ``or'' at the end of 
                        subclause (I)(bb);
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end of 
                        subclause (II)(bb) and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (iii) by adding after subclause (II) the 
                        following:
                                    ``(III) is committed after the date 
                                of enactment of the Trust Returned to 
                                the United States Taxpayer Act and is 
                                described under subparagraph 
                                (B)(xxxii).''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                            ``(xxxii)(I) An offense, not otherwise 
                        described under this subparagraph, which is a 
                        felony under the laws of a State or the United 
                        States.
                            ``(II) For purposes of this clause, the 
                        term `State' includes the District of Columbia, 
                        the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 
                        Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                        Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.''.
    (b) Relating to FERS.--Section 8411(l)(2) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by repealing subparagraph (B); and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``subsection.'' and 
        inserting ``subsection, or, in the case of an offense described 
        in section 8332(o)(2)(B)(xxxii), after the date of enactment of 
        the Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act.''.
    (c) Application.--For purposes of applying section 8332(o) of title 
5, United States Code, the amendments made by this section shall apply 
to any act or omission occurring after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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