No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5755
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-02-04
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-04
text: 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5755 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020 . 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.