No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1950 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the temporary halt in pension payments for Members of Congress sentenced for certain offenses, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 16, 2021 Ms. TENNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee 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 for the temporary halt in pension payments for Members of Con- gress sentenced for certain offenses, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Pensions for Cor- 4 rupt Politicians Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:22 May 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1950.IH H1950 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1950 IH SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF PENSION. 1 (a) CSRS.—Section 8332(o) of title 5, United States 2 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 3 ‘‘(7)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an individual 4 convicted of an offense described in paragraph (2) shall 5 not, between the date of sentencing and the date of final 6 conviction for such offense, be eligible to receive any pay- 7 ment of an annuity pursuant to the retirement system 8 under this subchapter, except that this sentence applies 9 only to such payments based on service rendered as a 10 Member (irrespective of when rendered). 11 ‘‘(B) If the conviction of an individual described in 12 subparagraph (A) is held to be invalid, such individual 13 shall receive payments that such individual would have re- 14 ceived but for application of subparagraph (A). 15 ‘‘(C) The provisions of this paragraph only apply to 16 a conviction that occurs after the date of enactment of 17 this paragraph.’’. 18 (b) FERS.—Section 8411(l) of title 5, United States 19 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 20 ‘‘(7)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an indi- 21 vidual convicted of an offense described in para- 22 graph (2) shall not, between the date of sentencing 23 and the date of final conviction for such offense, be 24 eligible to receive any payment of an annuity pursu- 25 ant to the retirement system under this chapter, ex- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:22 May 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1950.IH H1950 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1950 IH cept that this sentence applies only to such pay- 1 ments based on service rendered as a Member (irre- 2 spective of when rendered). 3 ‘‘(B) If the conviction of an individual described 4 in subparagraph (A) is held to be invalid, such indi- 5 vidual shall receive payments that such individual 6 would have received but for application of subpara- 7 graph (A). 8 ‘‘(C) The provisions of this paragraph only 9 apply to a conviction that occurs after the date of 10 enactment of this paragraph.’’. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:22 May 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1950.IH H1950 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS