Congress members who break rules lose their pensions.
H.R. 10283 — Congressional Pension Accountability Act · Filed by Zachary (Zach) Nunn (R-IA) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill stops Congress members from getting pensions if they are expelled. Members also lose pensions if they quit after an ethics panel finds they broke rules. Members get back only their own money, not what the agency added. The bill applies to actions taken after it becomes law.
Who it affects
Congress members who are expelled or quit after an ethics finding lose their pensions. Taxpayers stop paying pensions to members whose conduct broke official rules.
One thing to notice
Members can quit before an ethics panel votes to avoid losing their pension. A pardon from the president does not restore a lost pension.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 3, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and House Committee on House Administration · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- expelled — forced to leave Congress permanently.
- ethics panel — a group that looks into whether Congress members broke rules.
- pension — money paid regularly to a retired person based on work years.
- lost — taken away as a penalty for breaking a rule.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (7,689 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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