[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 1776 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1776

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to impose certain limitations 
relating to participation by a Member of Congress in the Civil Service 
     Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 1996

  Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
Coverdell, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Grams, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Smith, 
Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Thompson) introduced the following bill; which was 
    read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to impose certain limitations 
relating to participation by a Member of Congress in the Civil Service 
     Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

    (a) Limitation.--Chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 8410 the following:
``Sec. 8410a. Limitation relating to Members
    ``(a) This section shall apply with respect to any Member serving 
as--
            ``(1) a Member of the House of Representatives after 
        completing 12 years of service as a Member of the House of 
        Representatives; or
            ``(2) a Senator after completing 12 years of service as a 
        Senator.
    ``(b) A Member to whom this section applies remains subject to this 
chapter, except as follows:
            ``(1)(A) Deductions under section 8422 shall not be made 
        from any pay for service performed as such a Member.
            ``(B) Government contributions under section 8423 shall not 
        be made with respect to any such Member.
            ``(C) Service performed as such a Member shall not be taken 
        into account for purposes of any computation under section 
        8415.
            ``(2) Government contributions under section 8432(c) shall 
        not be made with respect to any period of service performed as 
        such a Member.
    ``(c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be considered to prevent any 
period of service from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining whether any age and service requirements for entitlement to 
an annuity have been met.
    ``(d) For purposes of subsection (a)--
            ``(1) only service performed after the 104th Congress shall 
        be taken into account; and
            ``(2) service performed while subject to subchapter III of 
        chapter 83 (if any) shall be treated in the same way as if it 
        had been performed while subject to this chapter.
    ``(e) For purposes of this section, the term `Member of the House 
of Representatives' includes a Delegate to the House of Representatives 
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for chapter 84 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 8410 the following:

``8410a. Limitation relating to Members.''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

    (a) Limitation.--Chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 8333 the following:
``Sec. 8333a. Limitation relating to Members
    ``(a) This section shall apply with respect to any Member serving 
as--
            ``(1) a Member of the House of Representatives after 
        completing 12 years of service as a Member of the House of 
        Representatives; or
            ``(2) a Senator after completing 12 years of service as a 
        Senator.
    ``(b) A Member to whom this section applies remains subject to this 
subchapter, except as follows:
            ``(1) Deductions under the first sentence of section 
        8334(a) shall not be made from any pay for service performed as 
        such a Member.
            ``(2) Government contributions under the second sentence of 
        section 8334(a) shall not be made with respect to any such 
        Member.
            ``(3) Service performed as such a Member shall not be taken 
        into account for purposes of any computation under section 
        8339, except in the case of a disability annuity.
    ``(c)(1) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be considered to prevent 
any period of service from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining whether any age and service requirements for entitlement to 
an annuity have been met.
    ``(2) Nothing in subsection (b) or (c) of section 8333 shall apply 
with respect to a Member who, at the time of separation, is a Member to 
whom this section applies.
    ``(d) For purposes of subsection (a), only service performed after 
the 104th Congress shall be taken into account.
    ``(e) For purposes of this section, the term `Member of the House 
of Representatives' includes a Delegate to the House of Representatives 
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.''.

``8333a. Limitation relating to Members of the House of 
                            Representatives.''.
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