Protecting Students with Disabilities Act

Senate Bill

S. 2913

119th Congress

Protecting Students with Disabilities Act

In Committee

Introduced:Sep 18, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Steve Daines

Senator

Republican

MT

Cosponsors

2

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Government Operations and Politics

Summary

This bill would deny federal retirement benefits to individuals who are convicted of child sex abuse crimes. It would also allow money that would have gone to those convicted individuals to instead be paid to their victims.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

SponsorSteve Daines (R-MT)

Introduced9/18/2025

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

ChamberSenate

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Protecting Students with Disabilities Act

This bill would deny federal retirement benefits to individuals who are convicted of child sex abuse crimes. It would also allow money that would have gone to those convicted individuals to instead be paid to their victims.

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This bill would deny federal retirement benefits to individuals who are convicted of child sex abuse crimes. It would also allow money that would have gone to those convicted individuals to instead be paid to their victims.

Bill Number: 2913
Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-MT)
Introduced: 9/18/2025
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy Area: Government Operations and Politics

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Fact Sheet

Title: Protecting Students with Disabilities Act
Bill Number: 2913
Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-MT)
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced: 9/18/2025
Summary: This bill would deny federal retirement benefits to individuals who are convicted of child sex abuse crimes. It would also allow money that would have gone to those convicted individuals to instead be paid to their victims.

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill would deny federal retirement benefits to individuals who are convicted of child sex abuse crimes. It would also allow money that would have gone to those convicted individuals to instead be paid to their victims.

Last updated: 12/29/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act of 2023 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.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Denies federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of child sex abuse crimes like aggravated sexual abuse of a child
Provides for payments to the victims of sexual abuse from the annuity or retired pay of the offenders
Denies benefits if the individual is under indictment and remains outside the US for over a year to avoid prosecution

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

If this bill becomes law, it would impact federal employees and military members who are convicted of child sex abuse crimes. They would lose their federal retirement benefits, and that money would instead go to their victims. This could serve as a deterrent against these types of crimes among public servants.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Government Operations and Politics

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

2913, 119th Congress (2025). "Protecting Students with Disabilities Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-2913

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