H.R. 7706
Referred to CommitteeJudicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2022
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
11/1/2022 • House
Summary
Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2022
This bill makes various changes to the federal framework governing judicial ethics.
Among the changes, the bill
- prohibits federal judges and Supreme Court Justices from owning individual stocks and securities;
- requires the Judicial Conference of the United States to issue regulations restricting the solicitation or acceptance of gifts in connection with a private judicial seminar;
- expresses the sense of Congress that the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges shall apply to Supreme Court Justices;
- requires federal judges and Supreme Court Justices to report on each association or interest that would require recusal, including any financial interest of a spouse or minor child who resides in the household; and
- establishes a committee to review complaints against the Supreme Court.
Introduced in House • 5/10/2022
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May 10, 2022
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, Rules, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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.
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