1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Congressional Retirees Accessing Perks Act or the SCRAP Act . 2. Prohibiting payment of gratuities to survivors of members of Congress (a) Prohibition (1) In general No payment may be made from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives, the contingent fund of the Senate, or any other appropriated funds for a death gratuity payment to the widow, widower, or heirs-at-law of any Member of Congress who dies after the commencement of the Congress to which the Member has been elected. (2) Waiver authority The Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives may jointly, on a case-by-case basis, grant a waiver of paragraph (1) with respect to the payment of a death gratuity described in such paragraph. (b) No effect on other payments to survivors Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to prohibit or affect the payment to any individual of any unpaid balance or salary or other sums due to a Member of Congress who dies after the commencement of the Congress to which the Member has been elected. (c) Definition For purposes of this section, a Member of Congress means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. (d) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to any death occurring during the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress. 3. Termination of benefits under Federal retirement programs (a) Termination of retirement coverage of Members of Congress under Federal Employees’ Retirement System (1) In general Subchapter II of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8425 the following: 8425a. Termination of further retirement coverage of Members of Congress (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, effective as of the first day of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress— (1) in the case of an individual who first becomes a Member before such day— (A) such Member shall not be subject to this chapter for any