HRES 478
112th Congress
House
Law
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judges
Supreme Court
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Justices of the United States Supreme Court should make themselves subject to the existing and operative ethics guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, most of which are already legally binding on them.
Introduced: November 29, 2011
Introduced by:
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Democratic
· District of Columbia
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 2, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Nov 29, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 29, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court should make themselves subject to the existing and operative ethics guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges, most of which are already legally binding on them.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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