Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020”.
No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a Member of Congress convicted of certain offenses relating to campaign finance violations shall not be eligible for retirement benefits based on that individual’s Member service, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Forfeiture of CSRS or FERS annuity based on service as a Member of Congress after conviction of campaign finance violations
Civil Service Retirement System— Section 8332(o)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
in subparagraph (A)(iii)—
by striking “or” at the end of subclause (I);
by striking the period at the end of subclause (II) and inserting “; or”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(III) is committed after the date of enactment of the No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020 and is described in subparagraph (B)(xxxii).”
in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following:
“(xxxii) An offense—
“(I) under section 313(b)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114(b)(1)) for which a criminal penalty is imposed pursuant to section 309(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30109(d)); or
“(II) under section 371 of title 18 (relating to conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States), to the extent of any conspiracy to commit an act which constitutes an offense under subclause (I).”
Federal Employees Retirement System— Section 8411(l)(2)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “, or, in the case of an offense described in section 8332(o)(2)(B)(xxxii), after the date of enactment of the No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020.”.
Application— For purposes of applying section 8332(o) or 8411(l) of title 5, United States Code, the amendments made by this section shall apply to any act or omission occurring after the date of enactment of this Act.