Congress LEADS Act

Bill: 117-hr-6726
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2022-02-15
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-15
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: 2022-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Congress Leadership in Ending Annuities for Dishonorable Service Act or the Congress LEADS Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits a Member of Congress who is convicted of sexual abuse from collecting a retirement annuity under either the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6726 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2022 Mr. Crow (for himself, Ms. Stefanik , and Ms. Speier ) 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 felony offenses relating to sexual abuse 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 Congress Leadership in Ending Annuities for Dishonorable Service Act or the Congress LEADS Act . 2. Forfeiture of CSRS or FERS annuity based on service as a Member of Congress after conviction of felony sexual abuse (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 Congress Leadership in Ending Annuities for Dishonorable Service Act and is described in subparagraph (B)(xxxii). ; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following: (xxxii) An offense under chapter 109A of title 18 (relating to sexual abuse). . (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 Congress Leadership in Ending Annuities for Dishonorable Service Act . . (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.