HR 7917
117th Congress
House
Law
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Supreme Court
Leaker Accountability Act of 2022
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
May 31, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 31, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Leaker Accountability Act of 2022
This bill establishes a new federal crime for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employees of the Supreme Court.
Specifically, the bill prohibits an officer or employee of the Supreme Court from knowingly publishing, divulging, disclosing, or making known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any confidential information coming to that officer or employee in the course of the employment or official duties of that officer or employee.
A violation is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.