Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act of 2007

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a Member of Congress convicted of any of certain felony offenses shall not be eligible for retirement benefits based on that individual's Member service, and for other purposes.

1/9/2007--Introduced.
Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act of 2007 - Amends federal civil service law, with respect to both the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), to require the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations that deny eligibility under CSRS or FERS for a Member convicted of certain offenses that are:
(1) committed by the individual while a Member,
(2) related to the individual's service as a Member, and
(3) committed during the 111th Congress or later. Refunds annuity contributions and deposits, excluding interest earned, to a convicted individual. Defines Member as the Vice President, a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Requires forfeit of Thrift Savings Plan contributions made by the government for the benefit of an individual, and all earnings attributed to such contributions, as a result of the Member's conviction.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]

Committees

• House Administration
• 1 more
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 09, 2007

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• Jan 09, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Jan 09, 2007: Referred to House House Administration
• Jan 09, 2007: 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.
• Introduced on Jan 09, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Public corruption
• Congress
• Bribery
• Campaign funds
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• Civil service retirement
• Conflict of interests
• Congressional ethics
• Congressional pensions
• Conspiracy
• Corruption in politics
• Criminal justice
• Election fraud
• Elections
• Embezzlement
• Extortion
• Finance
• Fines (Penalties)
• Foreign agents
• Foreign policy
• Forfeiture
• Fraud
• Fund raising
• Government property
• Income tax
• Interest
• Larceny
• Law
• Members of Congress
• Misconduct in office
• Obstruction of justice
• Organized crime
• Pensions
• Perjury
• Politics and government
• Practice of law
• Tax evasion
• Taxation

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December 27, 2007 frank wolf's worst votes of 2007 (part 2)

bad vote #3: on may 2, frank wolf voted against hr 348, "providing for consideration of the bill (hr 1429) to reauthorize the head start act, to improve program quality, to expand access." yeah, who needs a head start anyway? ...

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