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HR 5980 116th Congress House Congress Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Members of Congress

No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act

Introduced: February 26, 2020 Introduced by: Norman, Ralph Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
Feb 26, 2020
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No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act

This bill makes a Member of Congress who has been convicted of a crime related to public corruption ineligible between the date of sentencing and the date of final conviction to receive retirement payments pursuant to the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System based on their service as a Member.

Under current law, a Member must forgo receipt of these payments only after a final conviction (i.e., after the exhaustion of all appeals under the judicial process).

What's happening now February 26, 2020

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3332 Related bill No CORRUPTION Act
 Bill text 1 version

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All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Feb 26, 2020
Meadows, Mark
· Feb 26, 2020
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Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Feb 26, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5980: No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5980/
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"H.R. 5980: No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5980/.
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H.R. 5980, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5980/.
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