Summary
# Plain English Summary: No CORRUPTION Act
## WHAT THIS BILL DOES
This bill stops Members of Congress who are convicted of certain crimes from receiving their pensions. The law applies only to pension payments based on service as a Member of Congress and covers both major federal retirement systems for Congress members.
## WHO IT AFFECTS
Members of Congress who are convicted of certain offenses after this law takes effect.
## KEY PROVISIONS
• Members of Congress convicted of offenses described in the law cannot receive pension payments based on their service in Congress (Sec. 2(a)(4)(A))
• If a conviction is overturned on appeal by a court, the Member can receive all pension payments they would have gotten if the original rule had not applied (Sec. 2(a)(4)(B))
• This rule only applies to convictions that happen after the law becomes effective (Sec. 2(a)(4)(C))
## WHAT CHANGES
Congress members convicted of certain crimes after this law takes effect will lose their pensions. They can only get those pensions back if a court overturns their conviction on appeal.
## IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS
The bill does not explicitly define which specific offenses trigger pension forfeiture. The bill references "an offense described in paragraph (2)" but does not list those offenses in the provided text.
## EFFECTIVE DATE
Not specified in bill text. The law was approved December 23, 2024, but the bill does not state when it becomes effective or when the rule begins applying to convictions.
138 STAT. 2660
PUBLIC LAW 118–192—DEC. 23, 2024
Public Law 118–192
118th Congress
An Act
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the halt in pension payments
for Members of Congress sentenced for certain offenses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Congressionally Obligated
Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now
Act’’ or the ‘‘No CORRUPTION Act’’.
SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF PENSION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8332(o) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as para-
graphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
‘‘(4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an individual convicted
of an offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be eligible to
receive any payment of an annuity pursuant to the retirement
system under this subchapter or chapter 84, except that this sen-
tence applies only to such payments based on service rendered
as a Member (irrespective of when rendered).
‘‘(B) If the conviction of an individual described in subparagraph
(A) is overturned on appeal by a court of competent jurisdiction,
the individual shall receive payments that the individual would
have received but for the application of subparagraph (A).
‘‘(C) This paragraph applies only to a conviction that occurs
after the date of enactment of the No Congressionally Obligated
Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now
Act.’’;
(3) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), as so redesignated, by striking
‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (6)’’; and
(4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘para-
graph (4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)(B)’’.
Applicability.
5 USC 101 note.
No Congression-
ally Obligated
Recurring
Revenue Used as
Pensions To
Incarcerated
Officials Now
Act.
Dec. 23, 2024
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138 STAT. 2661
PUBLIC LAW 118–192—DEC. 23, 2024
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 932:
SENATE REPORTS: No. 118–37 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 169 (2023): July 13, considered and passed Senate.
Vol. 170 (2024): Dec. 16, considered and passed House.
Æ
(b)
TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
719(e)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘section 8332(o)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8332(o)(6)’’.
Approved December 23, 2024.
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