To provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist representing a foreign principal shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1022 To provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist representing a foreign principal shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 6, 2019 Mr. POSEY 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 juris- diction of the committee concerned A BILL To provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist representing a foreign principal shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Fed- eral benefits. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1022.IH H1022 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1022 IH SECTION 1. PROHIBITION RELATING TO CERTAIN FEDERAL 1 BENEFITS FOR A FORMER MEMBER OF CON- 2 GRESS OR FORMER SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL 3 EMPLOYEE WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION 4 AS A LOBBYIST REPRESENTING FOREIGN 5 PRINCIPAL. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—A covered individual who is a reg- 7 istered lobbyist shall not be eligible for any covered bene- 8 fits for any month— 9 (1) which begins after the date of the enact- 10 ment of this Act; and 11 (2) in or for which such covered individual is— 12 (A) employed as a lobbyist who represents 13 a foreign principal; and 14 (B) entitled to compensation as a lobbyist 15 who represents a foreign principal. 16 (b) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 17 section, the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an individual 18 who becomes a former Member of Congress or a former 19 senior Congressional employee after the date of the enact- 20 ment of this Act. 21 (c) COVERED BENEFITS.—For purposes of this sec- 22 tion, the term ‘‘covered benefits’’, as used with respect to 23 a covered individual, means any payment or other benefit 24 which is payable, by virtue of service performed by such 25 covered individual, under any of the following: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1022.IH H1022 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 1022 IH (1) The Civil Service Retirement System, in- 1 cluding the Thrift Savings Plan. 2 (2) The Federal Employees Retirement System, 3 including the Thrift Savings Plan. 4 (3) The Federal Employees Health Benefits 5 Program, including enhanced dental benefits and en- 6 hanced vision benefits under chapters 89A and 89B, 7 respectively, of title 5, United States Code. 8 (4) The Federal Employees’ Group Life Insur- 9 ance Program. 10 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 11 (1) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a 12 Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, 13 or Delegate to the House of Representatives, and 14 the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; 15 (2) the term ‘‘senior Congressional employee’’ 16 means— 17 (A) each officer or employee of the legisla- 18 tive branch (except any officer or employee of 19 the Government Accountability Office) who, for 20 at least 60 days, occupies a position for which 21 the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 22 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay 23 payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1022.IH H1022 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 1022 IH (B) each officer or employee of the Govern- 1 ment Accountability Office who, for at least 60 2 consecutive days, occupies a position for which 3 the rate of basic pay, minus the amount of lo- 4 cality pay that would have been authorized 5 under section 5304 of title 5, United States 6 Code (had the officer or employee been paid 7 under the General Schedule), for the locality 8 within which the position of such officer or em- 9 ployee is located (as determined by the Comp- 10 troller General), is equal to or greater than 120 11 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay pay- 12 able for GS–15 of the General Schedule; and 13 (C) at least one principal assistant des- 14 ignated for purposes of this paragraph by each 15 Member who does not have an employee who 16 occupies a position for which the rate of basic 17 pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of 18 the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS– 19 15 of the General Schedule; 20 (3) the term ‘‘registered lobbyist’’ means— 21 (A) a lobbyist registered or required to 22 register, or on whose behalf a registration is 23 filed or required to be filed, under section 4 of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1022.IH H1022 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 1022 IH the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1 1603); and 2 (B) an individual registered or required to 3 register as the agent of a foreign principal 4 under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 5 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.); 6 (4) the term ‘‘lobbyist’’ has the meaning given 7 such term by section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure 8 Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602); and 9 (5) the term ‘‘foreign principal’’ has the mean- 10 ing given such term by section 1(b) of the Foreign 11 Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(b)). 12 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 13 tion shall be considered to prevent the payment of— 14 (1) any lump-sum credit, as defined by section 15 8331(8) or 8401(19) of title 5, United States Code, 16 to which an individual is entitled; or 17 (2) any amount in the account of an individual 18 in the Thrift Savings Fund which, as of the date on 19 which paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) are 20 first met with respect to such individual, is non- 21 forfeitable. 22 (f) REGULATIONS.—Any regulations necessary to 23 carry out this section may be prescribed— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1022.IH H1022 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 1022 IH (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), by the 1 Director of the Office of Personnel Management; 2 and 3 (2) to the extent that this Act relates to the 4 Thrift Savings Plan, by the Executive Director (as 5 defined by section 8401(13) of title 5, United States 6 Code). 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1022.IH H1022 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS