# Plain Language Summary: Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act of 2021

This bill prevents federal employees and members of Congress who are convicted of child sexual abuse from receiving their government pensions. If someone who works for the federal government or serves in Congress is convicted of child molestation, they would lose the retirement benefits they've earned through their government service. This applies to their pension payments—the regular income they would normally receive after retiring.

The practical effect is straightforward: it's a financial punishment on top of criminal penalties like prison time. Someone convicted of these crimes would still face jail time and other legal consequences, but they would also lose access to their government pension. This means they wouldn't receive monthly retirement payments that they might have otherwise been entitled to based on their years of service.

The bill targets a specific group of people—those in federal government positions or elected office—and applies a specific consequence for a specific crime. It's designed to ensure that taxpayer money doesn't go toward supporting people convicted of child sexual abuse through government pension programs. The idea behind it is that such individuals shouldn't benefit from government retirement systems after committing these serious crimes against children.

Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act of 2021

Daines, Steve

Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act of 2021 This bill denies federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of child sex abuse. Specifically, an individual, or a survivor or beneficiary of an individual, may not be paid annuity or retired pay on the basis of the individual's service that is creditable toward the annuity or retired pay (with exceptions) following conviction of (1) aggravated sexual abuse of a child, (2) abusive sexual conduct, or (3) specified related offenses resulting in death. Further, the bill denies benefits where the individual is under indictment for such an offense and willfully remains outside of the United States for more than one year to avoid prosecution. Finally, the bill provides for payments to the victims of of sexual abuse from amounts that would otherwise be payable from the annuity or retired pay of offenders.