# 116-hr-5980: No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act

116-hr-5980, No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC); status Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5980
- Congress: 116
- Title: No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
- Introduced: 2020-02-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act This bill makes a Member of Congress who has been convicted of a crime related to public corruption ineligible between the date of sentencing and the date of final conviction to receive retirement payments pursuant to the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System based on their service as a Member. Under current law, a Member must forgo receipt of these payments only after a final conviction (i.e., after the exhaustion of all appeals under the judicial process).

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2020-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2020-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] (D-CA), 2020-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2020-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] (D-IA), 2020-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-1379: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-550: Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5980 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5980)

## Related
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- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-1379: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1379)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-550: Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-550)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5980 (as of 2025-11-18).