Revolving Door Pension Prevention Act

Bill: 113-hr-2594
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-28
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Members of Congress

Public participation and lobbying

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Revolving Door Pension Prevention Act - Prohibits any former Member of Congress who is registered as a lobbyist from receiving pension benefits under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) while such former Member is employed as a lobbyist and is receiving an annual income from lobbying activities in excess of $1 million.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2594 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 28, 2013 Mr. Israel 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 A BILL To provide that a former Member of Congress receiving compensation as a highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to concurrently receive Federal retirement benefits.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Revolving Door Pension Prevention Act . 2. Prohibition on taxpayer-funded pensions for Members of Congress who become highly-paid lobbyists (a) In general Any former Member of Congress who is registered as a lobbyist, and whose annual income from lobbying activities exceeds $1,000,000, shall not be eligible to receive benefits under either the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System for the period of time during which such former Member is employed as such a lobbyist and receiving from lobbying activities an annual income that exceeds $1,000,000. (b) Definition For purposes of this section, the term former Member of Congress means an individual who becomes a former Member of Congress after the date of the enactment of this Act.