HR 7706 117th Congress House Law

Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2022

Introduced: May 10, 2022 Introduced by: Jayapal, Pramila Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Nov 1, 2022

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

May 19, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

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.

May 10, 2022

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

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

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