Bill Summary
This legislation, known as the "No CORRUPTION Act," seeks to amend the United States Code to prevent Members of Congress who have been convicted of certain offenses from receiving pension payments while incarcerated. Under this Act, any Member of Congress who is convicted of such offenses will forfeit their right to receive any pension payments based on their service as a Member. However, if the conviction is overturned on appeal, the individual will be eligible to receive the payments they would have received had they not been incarcerated. This Act only applies to convictions that occur after its enactment date. Additionally, a technical and conforming amendment is made to another section of the United States Code to reflect these changes. This legislation was passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate and was signed into law by the President.
Possible Impacts
1. A Member of Congress is convicted of a felony offense and is no longer eligible to receive their pension payments under this Act. This could have a significant financial impact on the individual and their family, as they may have relied on this pension for their retirement plans.
2. If the conviction is overturned on appeal, the individual will still receive their pension payments, but they may have gone without these payments for a period of time. This could create financial strain for the individual during that period.
3. The Act only applies to convictions that occur after its enactment, so individuals convicted of offenses prior to the Act's passage will still be eligible to receive their pension payments. This could create a disparity between those affected by the Act and those who are not, potentially causing controversy and debate.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 932 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.932
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four
An Act
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the halt in pension
payments for Members of Congress sentenced for certain offenses, 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 Congressionally Obligated
Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act''
or the ``No CORRUPTION Act''.
SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF PENSION.
(a) In General.--Section 8332(o) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs
(5), (6), and (7), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an individual convicted of an
offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be eligible to receive any
payment of an annuity pursuant to the retirement system under this
subchapter or chapter 84, except that this sentence applies only to
such payments based on service rendered as a Member (irrespective of
when rendered).
``(B) If the conviction of an individual described in subparagraph
(A) is overturned on appeal by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
individual shall receive payments that the individual would have
received but for the application of subparagraph (A).
``(C) This paragraph applies only to a conviction that occurs after
the date of enactment of the No Congressionally Obligated Recurring
Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act.'';
(3) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (6)''; and
(4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (4)(B)'' and inserting ``paragraph (5)(B)''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 719(e)(2) of title
38, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 8332(o)(5)''
and inserting ``section 8332(o)(6)''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.