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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1264
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement benefits
to individuals convicted of child sex abuse.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 1, 2019
Mr. DAINES introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal
retirement benefits to individuals convicted of child sex
abuse.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Denying Pensions to
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Convicted Child Molesters Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. DENIAL OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8312(a) of title 5, United
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States Code, is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
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end;
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
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the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’;
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(3) was convicted of an offense described in
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subsection (d), to the extent provided by that sub-
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section.’’; and
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(4) in the matter following paragraph (3), as
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added by this subsection—
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
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‘‘and’’ at the end;
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
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period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B)
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the following:
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‘‘(C) with respect to the offenses described in
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subsection (d), to the period after the date of convic-
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tion.’’.
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(b) OFFENSES DESCRIBED.—Section 8312 of title 5,
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United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
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section (e); and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(d) The offenses to which subsection (a)(3) applies
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are any offense—
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‘‘(1) within the purview of section 2241(c),
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2243(a), or section 2244(a)(2) of title 18; and
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‘‘(2) for which the conduct constituting the of-
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fense is committed on or after the date of enactment
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of the Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molest-
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ers Act of 2019, which shall include any offense that
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includes conduct that continued on or after the date
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of enactment of such Act.’’.
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(c) ABSENCE FROM UNITED STATES TO AVOID
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PROSECUTION.—Section 8313(a)(1) of title 5, United
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States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at
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the end;
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(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
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the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(C) for an offense described under section
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8312(d); and’’.
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(d) NONACCRUAL OF INTEREST ON REFUNDS.—Sec-
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tion 8316(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
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end;
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
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the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(3) if the individual was convicted of an of-
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fense described in section 8312(d), for the period
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after the conviction.’’.
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