HR 14 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2007

Introduced Jan 4, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Mark Kirk R-IL

Latest action · Jul 31, 2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9191-9192)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 4, 2007
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2007 - Amends federal civil service law, with respect to both the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), to require the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations that deny eligibility under CSRS or FERS for a Member convicted of certain offenses that are: (1) committed by the individual while a Member, (2) related to the individual's service as a Member, and (3) after enactment of this Act. Refunds annuity contributions and deposits, excluding interest earned, to a convicted individual.

Defines Member as the Vice President, a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2007 to Jun 5, 2007; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Jan 4, 2007
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jan 5, 2007
R-TX	Ron Paul		Jan 12, 2007
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Jan 16, 2007
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Jan 16, 2007
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jan 16, 2007
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Jan 16, 2007
R-FL	Connie Mack		Jan 17, 2007
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jan 17, 2007
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Jan 17, 2007
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jan 17, 2007
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jan 17, 2007
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Jan 17, 2007
R-NE	Lee Terry		Jan 17, 2007
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Jan 17, 2007
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Jan 17, 2007
R-CA	Wally Herger		Jan 17, 2007
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Jan 18, 2007
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jan 18, 2007
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Jan 18, 2007
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jan 18, 2007
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Jan 18, 2007
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Jan 18, 2007
R-GA	Tom Price		Jan 18, 2007
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jan 19, 2007
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Jan 22, 2007
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jan 22, 2007
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Jan 22, 2007
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Jan 22, 2007
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Jan 22, 2007
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jan 23, 2007
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Jan 23, 2007
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Jan 31, 2007
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Jun 5, 2007

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Jan 4, 2007
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jan 4, 2007

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 31, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9191-9192)
Jun 5, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5932)
Jan 5, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22)
Jan 4, 2007Introduced in House
Jan 4, 2007Referred 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.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H9191	Mark Kirk R-IL	Jul 31, 2007
Extensions	Debate and remarks E22	Mark Kirk R-IL	Jan 5, 2007

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 196	Congressional Pension Accountability Act	Related bill	Jan 8, 2007
HR 348	Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act of 2007	Related bill	Jan 9, 2007
HR 466	Congressional Pension Accountability Act	Related bill	Jan 12, 2007
HR 476	To amend title 5, United States Code, to make noncreditable for Federal retirement purposes any Member service performed by an individual who is convicted of any of certain offenses committed by that individual while serving as a Member of Congress, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jan 24, 2007

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny retirement benefits accrued by an individual as a Member of Congress if such individual is convicted of any of certain offenses.
Short Titles as Introduced: Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2007

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 4, 2007Introduced in House

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