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S. 1261 112th Congress Senate

Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to deny retirement benefits accrued by an individual as a Member of Congress if such individual is convicted of certain offenses.

Introduced: June 22, 2011 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionMembers of CongressPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsState and local government operations
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Jun 22, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 22, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 22, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2011 - Extends provisions requiring forfeiture of pension benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to the President, Vice President, or an elected state or local government official, in addition to Members of Congress, upon conviction of a serious public corruption crime. Expands the list of such crimes that would require a pension forfeiture.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2162 Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jun 22, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1261: Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1261/
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"S. 1261: Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1261/.
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