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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5755
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a Member of Congress
convicted of certain offenses relating to campaign finance violations shall
not be eligible for retirement benefits based on that individual’s Member
service, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Mr. HARDER of California (for himself and Mr. ROSE of New York) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House
Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form, 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 offenses relat-
ing to campaign finance violations shall not be eligible
for retirement benefits based on that individual’s Member
service, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘No Pensions for Cor-
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rupt Politicians Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF CSRS OR FERS ANNUITY BASED ON
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SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS AFTER
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CONVICTION OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLA-
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TIONS.
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(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section
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8332(o)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A)(iii)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
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clause (I);
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(B) by striking the period at the end of
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subclause (II) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(III) is committed after the date of
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enactment of the No Pensions for Corrupt
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Politicians Act of 2020 and is described in
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subparagraph (B)(xxxii).’’; and
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(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end
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the following:
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‘‘(xxxii) An offense—
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‘‘(I) under section 313(b)(1) of the
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Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
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(52 U.S.C. 30114(b)(1)) for which a crimi-
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nal penalty is imposed pursuant to section
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309(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30109(d));
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or
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‘‘(II) under section 371 of title 18 (re-
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lating to conspiracy to commit offense or
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to defraud United States), to the extent of
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any conspiracy to commit an act which
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constitutes an offense under subclause
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(I).’’.
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(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
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Section 8411(l)(2)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is
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amended by striking the period at the end and inserting
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the following: ‘‘, or, in the case of an offense described
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in section 8332(o)(2)(B)(xxxii), after the date of enact-
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ment of the No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of
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2020.’’.
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(c) APPLICATION.—For purposes of applying section
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8332(o) or 8411(l) of title 5, United States Code, the
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amendments made by this section shall apply to any act
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or omission occurring after the date of enactment of this
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Act.
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