[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 319 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 319

  To provide that a former Member of Congress or former Congressional 
employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible 
       for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2015

  Mr. Posey 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 or former Congressional 
employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible 
       for retirement benefits or certain other Federal 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 ``End the Congressional Revolving Door 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION RELATING TO CERTAIN FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR A FORMER 
              MEMBER OF CONGRESS OR FORMER CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEE WHO 
              RECEIVES COMPENSATION AS A LOBBYIST.

    (a) In General.--A covered individual who is a registered lobbyist 
shall not be eligible for any covered benefits for any month--
            (1) which begins after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act; and
            (2) in or for which such covered individual is--
                    (A) employed as a lobbyist; and
                    (B) entitled to compensation as a lobbyist.
    (b) Covered Individual.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``covered individual'' means an individual who becomes a former Member 
of Congress or a former Congressional employee after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (c) Covered Benefits.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``covered benefits'', as used with respect to a covered individual, 
means any payment or other benefit which is payable, by virtue of 
service performed by such covered individual, under any of the 
following:
            (1) The Civil Service Retirement System, including the 
        Thrift Savings Plan.
            (2) The Federal Employees' Retirement System, including the 
        Thrift Savings Plan.
            (3) The Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program, 
        including enhanced dental benefits and enhanced vision benefits 
        under chapters 89A and 89B, respectively, of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            (4) The Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``Member of Congress'' means a Senator, Member 
        of the House of Representatives, or Delegate to the House of 
        Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
        Rico;
            (2) the term ``Congressional employee'' has the meaning 
        given such term by section 2107 of title 5, United States Code;
            (3) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means--
                    (A) a lobbyist registered or required to register, 
                or on whose behalf a registration is filed or required 
                to be filed, under section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure 
                Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603); and
                    (B) an individual registered or required to 
                register as the agent of a foreign principal under the 
                Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 
                U.S.C. 611 et seq.); and
            (4) the term ``lobbyist'' has the meaning given such term 
        by section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
        1602).
    (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
considered to prevent the payment of--
            (1) any lump-sum credit, as defined by section 8331(8) or 
        8401(19) of title 5, United States Code, to which an individual 
        is entitled; or
            (2) any amount in the account of an individual in the 
        Thrift Savings Fund which, as of the date on which paragraphs 
        (1) and (2) of subsection (a) are first met with respect to 
        such individual, is nonforfeitable.
    (f) Regulations.--Any regulations necessary to carry out this 
section may be prescribed--
            (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), by the Director of 
        the Office of Personnel Management; and
            (2) to the extent that this Act relates to the Thrift 
        Savings Plan, by the Executive Director (as defined by section 
        8401(13) of title 5, United States Code).
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