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HR 4698 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Judges Judicial procedure and administration Protection of officials Right of privacy Supreme Court

Judicial Redaction Authority Act of 2017

Introduced: December 20, 2017 Introduced by: Jeffries, Hakeem S. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Dec 20, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 20, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Judicial Redaction Authority Act of 2017

This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to extend through 2018 the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact personal and sensitive information from the financial disclosure report of a judge or judicial employee if it finds that revealing the information could endanger that individual or a family member of that individual.

What's happening now January 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3229 Related bill To protect the safety of judges by extending the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information c…
  • HR 1625 Related bill Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4698: Judicial Redaction Authority Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4698/
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"H.R. 4698: Judicial Redaction Authority Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4698/.
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H.R. 4698, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4698/.
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