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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1547
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 12, 2013
Mr. Yoho (for
himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia,
Mr. DeSantis,
Mr. Grayson,
Mr. Meadows,
Mr. Delaney,
Mr. Salmon,
Mr. Westmoreland,
Mr. Gibson,
Mr. Massie, and
Mr. Perry) introduced the following
bill; which was 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
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the basis
for the denial of retirement credit, for service as a Member of Congress, to
include conviction of any felony under Federal or State law, and for other
purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Trust Returned to the United States
Taxpayer Act or the TRUST Act.
2.
Amendments
(a)
Relating to
CSRS
Section 8332(o)(2) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph
(A)—
(A) by repealing
clause (ii); and
(B) in clause
(iii)—
(i) by
striking or at the end of subclause (I)(bb);
(ii) by
inserting or at the end of subclause (II)(bb); and
(iii) by
adding after subclause (II) the following:
(III) is committed after the date of enactment of
the Trust Returned to the United States
Taxpayer Act and is described under subparagraph
(B)(xxxii).
;
and
(2) in subparagraph
(B), by adding at the end the following:
(xxxii)
(I) An offense, not
otherwise described under this subparagraph, which is a felony under the laws
of a State or the United States.
(II) For purposes of this clause, the term
State includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
.
(b)
Relating to
FERS
Section 8411(l)(2) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by repealing
subparagraph (B); and
(2) in subparagraph
(C), by striking subsection. and inserting subsection,
or, in the case of an offense described in section 8332(o)(2)(B)(xxxii), after
the date of enactment of the Trust Returned
to the United States Taxpayer Act..