,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bi1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,posey introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide that a former ,member of        
,congress or former ,congressional      
employee who receives compensation as a 
lobbyist shall not be eligible for      
retirement benefits or certain other    
,federal benefits4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,end the 
,congressional ,revolving ,door ,act4   
#b4 ,prohibition relating to certain    
,federal benefits for a former ,member  
of ,congress or former ,congressional   
employee who receives compensation as a 

lobbyist  7a7 ,in general ,a covered    
individual who is a registered lobbyist 
shall not be eligible for any covered   
benefits for any month--  7#a7 which    
begins after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act2 and  7#b7 in or for which 
such covered individual is--  7,a7      
employed as a lobbyist2 and  7,b7       
entitled to compensation as a lobbyist4 
7b7 ,covered individual ,for purposes of
 this section1 the term covered         
individual means an individual who      
becomes a former ,member of ,congress or
 a former ,congressional employee after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
7c7 ,covered benefits ,for purposes of  
this section1 the term covered benefits1
 as used with respect to a covered      
individual1 means any payment or other  
benefit which is payable1 by virtue of  
service performed by such covered       
individual1 under any of the following3 
7#a7 ,the ,civil ,service ,retirement   
,system1 including the ,thrift ,savings 
,plan4  7#b7 ,the ,federal ,employees'  

,retirement ,system1 including the      
,thrift ,savings ,plan4  7#c7 ,the      
,federal ,employees' ,health ,benefits  
,program1 including enhanced dental     
benefits and enhanced vision benefits   
under chapters #hi;,a and #hi;,b1       
respectively1 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7#d7 ,the ,federal      
,employees' ,group ,life ,insurance     
,program4  7d7 ,definitions ,for        
purposes of this section--  7#a7 the    
term ,member of ,congress means a       
,senator1 ,member of the ,house of      
,representatives1 or ,delegate to the   
,house of ,representatives1 and the     
,resident ,commissioner from ,puerto    
,rico2  7#b7 the term ,congressional    
employee has the meaning given such term
 by section #bajg of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code2  7#c7 the term registered
 lobbyist means--  7,a7 a lobbyist      
registered or required to register1 or  
on whose behalf a registration is filed 
or required to be filed1 under section  
#d of the ,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of 

#aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afjc72 and  7,b7 an
 individual registered or required to   
register as the agent of a foreign      
principal under the ,foreign ,agents    
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et seq472 and  7#d7 
the term lobbyist has the meaning given 
such term by section #c of the ,lobbying
 ,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4
 #afjb74  7e7 ,rule of construction     
,nothing in this section shall be       
considered to prevent the payment of--  
7#a7 any lump-sum credit1 as defined by 
section #hcca7h7 or #hdja7ai7 of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to which an  
individual is entitled2 or  7#b7 any    
amount in the account of an individual  
in the ,thrift ,savings ,fund which1 as 
of the date on which paragraphs 7#a7 and
 7#b7 of subsection 7a7 are first met   
with respect to such individual1 is     
nonforfeitable4  7f7 ,regulations ,any  
regulations necessary to carry out this 
section may be prescribed--  7#a7 except
 as provided in paragraph 7#b71 by the  

,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management2 and  7#b7 to the extent    
that this ,act relates to the ,thrift   
,savings ,plan1 by the ,executive       
,director 7as defined by section        
#hdja7ac7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code74