Title: Thomas Jefferson Public Service Act of 2018
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Thomas Jefferson Public Service Act of 2018
This bill sets the annual rate of pay to $1 for a Member of Congress who has served six consecutive full terms as a Member of the House of Representatives or two consecutive full terms as a Senator and also prohibits such service from being included as creditable service for federal retirement purposes.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5539 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5539

To set the annual rate of compensation for a Member of Congress who has 
       served six consecutive terms as a Member of the House of 
 Representatives or two consecutive terms as a Senator at $1, to amend 
  title 5, United States Code, to exclude any service of a Member of 
Congress occurring during any pay period for which the Member's annual 
  rate of compensation is $1 as creditable service for purposes of an 
           annuity under that title, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2018

Mr. Francis Rooney of Florida (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. 
Gallagher, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Blum, Mr. Brat, and Mr. Norman) 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 set the annual rate of compensation for a Member of Congress who has 
       served six consecutive terms as a Member of the House of 
 Representatives or two consecutive terms as a Senator at $1, to amend 
  title 5, United States Code, to exclude any service of a Member of 
Congress occurring during any pay period for which the Member's annual 
  rate of compensation is $1 as creditable service for purposes of an 
           annuity under that title, 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 ``Thomas Jefferson Public Service Act 
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ANNUAL RATE OF PAY OF $1 FOR MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS SERVING SIX CONSECUTIVE TERMS IN HOUSE OR TWO 
              CONSECUTIVE TERMS IN SENATE.

    (a) Establishment of Annual Rate of Pay at $1.--Section 601(a) of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The annual rate of pay'' and inserting 
        ``Except as provided in paragraph (3), the annual rate of 
        pay''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) The annual rate of pay for an individual described in 
paragraph (1) shall be $1 for any pay period occurring--
            ``(A) in the case of an individual who is a Member of the 
        House of Representatives, including a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to the Congress, after the individual has served 6 
        consecutive full terms as a Member of the House of 
        Representatives; or
            ``(B) in the case of an individual who is a Senator, after 
        the individual has served 2 consecutive full terms as a 
        Senator.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to terms of service occurring during the One Hundred 
Sixteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress.

SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF MEMBER SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF RETIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after 
an individual who is a Member of Congress has served for 6 consecutive 
full terms in the House of Representatives or 2 consecutive full terms 
in the Senate, any service of that individual as a Member of Congress 
after the end of that sixth or second term (as the case may be) shall 
not be creditable service for purposes of an annuity under chapter 83 
or 84 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Contributions.--With respect to any service as a Member of 
Congress excluded by operation of subsection (a), no individual or 
Government contributions shall be made on behalf of that Member under 
sections 8334, 8422, or 8423 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to terms 
of service as a Member of Congress occurring during the One Hundred 
Sixteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress.
    (d) Definition of Member of Congress.--In this section, the term 
``Member of Congress'' has the meaning given the term ``Member'' in 
section 8331(2) and 8401(20) (as the case may be) of title 5, United 
States Code.
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