[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 567 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 567

To provide that a former Member of Congress receiving compensation as a 
  highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to receive certain Federal 
              retirement benefits, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2015

  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 receive certain Federal 
              retirement benefits, 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 ``Revolving Door Pension Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS FOR ANY FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHO 
              BECOMES A HIGHLY-PAID LOBBYIST.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
former Member of Congress may not be paid any covered benefit if such 
former Member is--
            (1) a registered lobbyist; and
            (2) receives in any year annual compensation equal to or 
        greater than $1,000,000 as a direct result of lobbying 
        activities.
    (b) Former Member of Congress.--For purposes of this section, the 
term ``former Member of Congress'' means any Member of Congress who 
becomes a former Member of Congress after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
    (c) Covered Benefits.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``covered benefits'', as used with respect to a former Member of 
Congress, means any payment or other benefit which is payable, by 
virtue of service performed by such former Member, 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.
    (d) Rules 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 a former 
        Member of Congress subject to subsection (a) is entitled;
            (2) any contributions in the account of a former Member of 
        Congress subject to subsection (a) in the Thrift Savings Fund 
        which, as of the date on which subsection (a) applies to a 
        former Member, is nonforfeitable; or
            (3) any annuity payments with respect to an annuity of a 
        former Member of Congress subject to subsection (a) to a former 
        spouse or survivor who is entitled to such payments.
    (e) Application.--Any forfeiture of an annuity under subsection (a) 
shall be effective on January 1 of the year immediately following any 
year, beginning in 2016, in which the former Member of Congress 
receives annual compensation equal to or greater than $1,000,000.
    (f) Regulations.--Any regulations necessary to carry out this 
section may be prescribed by--
            (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), 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).
    (g) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the terms ``agency'', ``client'', ``covered executive 
        branch official'', ``covered legislative branch official'', 
        ``lobbyist'', ``lobbying activities'', and ``lobbying 
        contact'', have the meaning given such terms in section 3 of 
        the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602);
            (2) the term ``Member of Congress'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 2106 of title 5, United States Code; and
            (3) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means 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).
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