,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bg1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,israel 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 receiving compensation as a   
highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible
 to receive certain ,federal retirement 
benefits1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,revolving ,door ,pension           
,prevention ,act4  #b4 ,forfeiture of   
benefits for any former ,member of      
,congress who becomes a highly-paid     
lobbyist  7a7 ,in general               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 

law1 a former ,member of ,congress may  
not be paid any covered benefit if such 
former ,member is--  7#a7 a registered  
lobbyist2 and  7#b7 receives in any year
 annual compensation equal to or greater
 than #a1jjj1jjj as a direct result of  
lobbying activities4  7b7 ,former       
,member of ,congress ,for purposes of   
this section1 the term former ,member of
 ,congress means any ,member of         
,congress who becomes a former ,member  
of ,congress after the date of enactment
 of this ,act4  7c7 ,covered benefits   
,for purposes of this section1 the term 
covered benefits1 as used with respect  
to a former ,member of ,congress1 means 
any payment or other benefit which is   
payable1 by virtue of service performed 
by such former ,member1 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  7d7 ,rules 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 a former ,member of     
,congress subject to subsection 7a7 is  
entitled2  7#b7 any contributions in the
 account of a former ,member of         
,congress subject to subsection 7a7 in  
the ,thrift ,savings ,fund which1 as of 
the date on which subsection 7a7 applies
 to a former ,member1 is nonforfeitable2
 or  7#c7 any annuity payments with     
respect to an annuity of a former       
,member of ,congress subject to         
subsection 7a7 to a former spouse or    
survivor who is entitled to such        
payments4  7e7 ,application ,any        
forfeiture of an annuity under          

subsection 7a7 shall be effective on    
,january #a of the year immediately     
following any year1 beginning in #bjaf1 
in which the former ,member of ,congress
 receives annual compensation equal to  
or greater than #a1jjj1jjj4  7f7        
,regulations ,any regulations necessary 
to carry out this section may be        
prescribed by-- 7#a7 except as provided 
in paragraph 7#b71 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  7g7            
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
,act-- 7#a7 the terms agency1 client1   
covered executive branch official1      
covered legislative branch official1    
lobbyist1 lobbying activities1 and      
lobbying contact1 have the meaning given
 such terms in section #c of the        
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b 
,u4,s4,c4 #afjb72  7#b7 the term ,member

 of ,congress has the meaning given such
 term in section #bajf of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code2 and  7#c7 the    
term registered lobbyist means 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
 #afjc74