Title: No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020
This bill excludes Members of Congress from receiving benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System if the member is convicted of specified campaign finance violations relating to the use of campaign funds for personal use, including conspiracy to commit such an offense.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5755 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5755

   To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a Member of 
  Congress convicted of certain offenses relating to campaign finance 
violations shall not be eligible for retirement benefits based on that 
          individual's Member service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2020

    Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Rose of New York) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
 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 provide that a Member of 
  Congress convicted of certain offenses relating to campaign finance 
violations shall not be eligible for retirement benefits based on that 
          individual's Member service, 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 Corrupt Politicians 
Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF CSRS OR FERS ANNUITY BASED ON SERVICE AS A MEMBER 
              OF CONGRESS AFTER CONVICTION OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE 
              VIOLATIONS.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8332(o)(2) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(iii)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subclause (I);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of subclause 
                (II) and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(III) is committed after the date of 
                        enactment of the No Pensions for Corrupt 
                        Politicians Act of 2020 and is described in 
                        subparagraph (B)(xxxii).''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(xxxii) An offense--
                            ``(I) under section 313(b)(1) of the 
                        Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
                        U.S.C. 30114(b)(1)) for which a criminal 
                        penalty is imposed pursuant to section 309(d) 
                        of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30109(d)); or
                            ``(II) under section 371 of title 18 
                        (relating to conspiracy to commit offense or to 
                        defraud United States), to the extent of any 
                        conspiracy to commit an act which constitutes 
                        an offense under subclause (I).''.
    (b) Federal Employees Retirement System.--Section 8411(l)(2)(C) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ``, or, in the case of an offense 
described in section 8332(o)(2)(B)(xxxii), after the date of enactment 
of the No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020.''.
    (c) Application.--For purposes of applying section 8332(o) or 
8411(l) 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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