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H.R. 2516 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

End the Congressional Revolving Door Act

Died in committee720 words Introduced Apr 6, 2023 · Latest action Apr 6, 2023

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How far it has goneStopped at 2 of 6 · Died in committee
  1. IntroducedApr 6, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
  3. House floorNot yet Not reached yet
  4. Senate floorNot yet Not reached yet
  5. Chambers agreeNot yet Not reached yet
  6. PresidentNot yet Not reached yet

What it does

This bill prohibits a former Member of Congress or former senior congressional employee who is a registered lobbyist, and entitled to compensation as such, from being eligible for any benefits beginning after enactment of this bill under

• the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), including the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP);

• the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), including the TSP;

• the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, including federal enhanced dental and vision benefits; or

• the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program.

The bill does not prevent the payment of any CSRS or FERS lump-sum credit to which an individual is entitled or any nonforfeitable amount in an individual's TSP account.

Congressional Research Service · summary of “Introduced in House” version · Apr 6, 2023

Who lobbies on it

1 organization · 6 filings · Q2 2023–Q4 2024

One square per quarter since introduction, oldest left. Filled = named it that quarter.

  1. National Treasury Employees Union 6 of 7 quarters
    “H. Res. 890, Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. H. Res. 1016, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5673) to advance responsible policies. H. Res. 1329, Acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and…”

    Q3 2024 filing · $1.2M lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

Organizations that named H.R. 2516 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

2 actions · newest first
  1. Apr 6, 2023Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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.
  2. Apr 6, 2023Introduced in House