Respecting the Institution of Congress Act

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2092 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2092

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that retirement credit 
 for service as a Member of Congress be denied in the case of a former 
         Member convicted of a felony, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2013

Mrs. Brooks of Indiana (for herself, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Messer, and Ms. 
   Jenkins) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Government 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that retirement credit 
 for service as a Member of Congress be denied in the case of a former 
         Member convicted of a felony, 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 ``Respecting the Institution of 
Congress Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

    (a) Extension to Former Members, etc.--Paragraph (2)(A) of section 
8332(o) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking the period at the end the 
        inserting the following: ``, or a former Member, former 
        President, or former Vice President.'';
            (2) by repealing clause (ii); and
            (3) in clause (iii)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subclause 
                (I)(bb);
                    (B) by inserting ``or'' at the end of subclause 
                (II)(bb); and
                    (C) by adding after subclause (II) the following:
                                    ``(III) is committed after the date 
                                of enactment of the Respecting the 
                                Institution of Congress Act and is 
                                described under subparagraph 
                                (B)(xxxii).''.
    (b) Extension to All Felonies.--Section 8332(o)(2)(B) of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(xxxii)(I) An offense, not otherwise 
                        described under this subparagraph, which is a 
                        felony under the laws of a State or the United 
                        States.
                            ``(II) For purposes of this clause, the 
                        term `State' includes the District of Columbia, 
                        the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 
                        Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                        Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT 
              SYSTEM.

    Section 8411(l)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end 
        the inserting the following: ``, or a former Member, former 
        President, or former Vice President.'';
            (2) by repealing subparagraph (B); and
            (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking all that follows ``is 
        committed'' and inserting ``after the date determined in 
        accordance with section 8332(o)(2)(A)(iii).''.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.

    None of the amendments made by this Act shall apply in the case of 
any individual whose last day of service as a Member (within the 
meaning of section 8331(2) or 8401(20) of title 5, United States Code) 
occurs on or before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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