[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5737 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5737

To provide that a former Member of Congress receiving compensation as a 
   highly paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to concurrently receive 
                      Federal retirement benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2012

  Mr. Israel 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 provide that a former Member of Congress receiving compensation as a 
   highly paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to concurrently receive 
                      Federal retirement benefits.

    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 ``Congressional Double Dipping Pension 
Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TAXPAYER-FUNDED PENSIONS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
              WHO BECOME HIGHLY PAID LOBBYISTS.

    (a) In General.--Any former Member of Congress who is registered as 
a lobbyist, and whose annual income from lobbying activities exceeds 
$1,000,000, shall not be eligible to receive benefits under either the 
Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement 
System for the period of time during which such former Member is 
employed as such a lobbyist and receiving from lobbying activities an 
annual income that exceeds $1,000,000.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``former 
Member of Congress'' means an individual who becomes a former Member of 
Congress after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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