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

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4343 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4343

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

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 17 (legislative day, April 14), 2026

  Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

   To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a Member of
Congress convicted of certain felony offenses relating to sexual abuse
      shall not be eligible for retirement benefits based on that
          individual's Member service, 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 ``No Pensions for Congressional
Predators Act''.

SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF CSRS OR FERS ANNUITY BASED ON SERVICE AS A MEMBER
              OF CONGRESS AFTER CONVICTION OF FELONY SEXUAL ABUSE.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8332(o)(2) of title
5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the
                end and inserting ``, except that such requirement
                shall not apply with respect to an offense described in
                clause (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xxxiv), or (xxxv) of
                subparagraph (B).''; and
                    (B) in clause (iii)--
                            (i) in subclause (I)(bb), by striking ``;
                        or'' and inserting a semicolon;
                            (ii) in subclause (II)(bb), by striking the
                        period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(III) is committed after the date of enactment of
                the No Pensions for Congressional Predators Act and is
                described in clause (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xxxiv), or
                (xxxv) of subparagraph (B).''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the
        following:
            ``(xxxii) If the individual is or was a member of the
        Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House
        of Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto
        Rico, an offense under chapter 109A of title 18 (relating to
        sexual abuse) or any similar offense under State or Tribal law,
        including rape.
            ``(xxxiii) If the individual is or was a member of the
        Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House
        of Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto
        Rico, an offense under chapter 110 of title 18 (relating to
        sexual exploitation and other abuse of children) or any similar
        offense under State or Tribal law.
            ``(xxxiv) If the individual is or was a member of the
        Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House
        of Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto
        Rico, an offense under section 1466A of title 18 (relating to
        obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children)
        or any similar offense under State or Tribal law.
            ``(xxxv) If the individual is or was a member of the Senate
        or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of
        Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico,
        an offense under chapter 117 or section 1590 or 1591 of title
        18 (relating to trafficking of children and other persons) or
        any similar offense under State or Tribal law.''.
    (b) 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 any of clauses (xxxii) through (xxxv) of section
8332(o)(2)(B), after the date of enactment of the No Pensions for
Congressional Predators Act.''.
    (c) 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.
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