No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats Act
This bill bars federal employees convicted of making false statements while employed by the federal government from receiving certain federal retirement benefits.
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the forfeiture of 
certain Federal retirement benefits for Federal employees convicted of 
            making false statements, 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 Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF FEDERAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
              CONVICTED OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS.

    (a) Forfeiture.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8312 of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``or'' at the end of 
                        paragraph (1), by striking the period at the 
                        end of paragraph (2) and inserting ``; or'', 
                        and by adding after paragraph (2) the 
                        following:
            ``(3) was convicted, on or after the date of the enactment 
        of this paragraph, of an offense described in subsection (e), 
        to the extent provided by that subsection.''; and
                            (ii) in the matter following paragraph (3) 
                        (as added by subparagraph (A) of this 
                        subsection), by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the 
                        end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; 
                        and'', and by adding after subparagraph (B) the 
                        following:
            ``(C) with respect to an offense described in subsection 
        (e), to the period after the date of conviction.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e)(1) An offense to which subsection (a)(3) applies is any 
offense within the purview of section 1001 (relating to false 
statements) of title 18, but only if every act or omission of the 
individual that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense--
            ``(A) is committed after the date of enactment of this 
        subsection;
            ``(B) occurs while the individual is an employee; and
            ``(C) directly relates to the performance of the 
        individual's official duties as an employee.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding the definition of the term `employee' in 
section 8311, in this subsection the term `employee'--
            ``(A) has the meaning given that term in section 2105; and
            ``(B) includes any employee of the United States Postal 
        Service or Postal Regulatory Commission and any employee 
        appointed under chapter 73 or 74 of title 38, notwithstanding 
        section 7425(b) of that title.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 8311(1) of title 5, 
        United States Code, is amended by inserting ``except as 
        provided in section 8312(e),'' before ```employee'''.
    (b) Absence From the United Sates To Avoid Prosecution.--Section 
8313(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end 
of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``or'', and by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(C) after the date of the enactment of this 
                subparagraph, for an offense described in section 
                8312(e); and''.
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No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats Act
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the forfeiture of certain Federal retirement benefits for Federal employees convicted of making false statements, and for other purposes.
No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats Act
Rep. Carl, Jerry L.