Title: No Pensions For Pedophiles Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
No Pensions for Pedophiles Act
This bill prohibits a federal employee from receiving federal retirement benefits if the employee has been convicted of certain crimes relating to the sexual abuse of children.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3816 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3816

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the forfeiture of 
Federal retirement benefits for Federal employees convicted of certain 
    crimes relating to the sexual abuse of children, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2019

 Mr. Spano (for himself, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Duncan, 
  Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Norman, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Posey, Mr. 
Cole, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Barr, 
Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Scalise, and Mr. Taylor) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the forfeiture of 
Federal retirement benefits for Federal employees convicted of certain 
    crimes relating to the sexual abuse of children, 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 ``No Pensions For Pedophiles Act''.

SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF FEDERAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
              CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES RELATING TO THE SEXUAL ABUSE 
              OF CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Section 8312 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1), 
                by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
                inserting ``; or'', and by adding after paragraph (2) 
                the following:
            ``(3) was convicted, on or after the date of the enactment 
        of the No Pensions For Pedophiles Act, of an offense described 
        in subsection (e), to the extent provided by that 
        subsection.''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (A), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 
                (B) and inserting ``; and'', and by adding after 
                subparagraph (B) the following:
            ``(C) with respect to an offense described in subsection 
        (e), to the period after the date of conviction.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) An offense described in this subsection is any offense within 
the purview of--
            ``(1) section 1591 (relating to sex trafficking of 
        children) of title 18;
            ``(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual abuse) of title 18, 
        in any case in which the criminal conduct occurred before the 
        victim attained 18 years of age;
            ``(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploitation and 
        other abuse of children) of title 18; or
            ``(4) section 2423 (transportation of minors) or 2425 (use 
        of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor) 
        of title 18.''.
    (b) Absence From the United States To Avoid Prosecution.--Section 
8313(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end 
of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``or'', and by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(C) after the date of the enactment of the No 
                Pensions For Pedophiles Act, for an offense described 
                in section 8312(e); and''.
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