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HR 7917 117th Congress House

Leaker Accountability Act of 2022

Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employees of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 15, 2022 Introduced by: Johnson, Mike Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
Law Employee performanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionSupreme Court
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 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
Introduced in House
May 31, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Republican 7
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Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Jun 15, 2022
Bishop, Dan
· May 31, 2022
 R
Fitzgerald, Scott
Wisconsin · May 31, 2022
Gohmert, Louie
· May 31, 2022
Good, Bob
· May 31, 2022
McKinley, David
· May 31, 2022
 R
Miller, Mary E.
Illinois · May 31, 2022
Mullin, Markwayne
· May 31, 2022
 R
Owens, Burgess
Utah · May 31, 2022
 R
Spartz, Victoria
Indiana · May 31, 2022
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · May 31, 2022
 R
Tiffany, Thomas P.
Wisconsin · May 31, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7917: Leaker Accountability Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7917/
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"H.R. 7917: Leaker Accountability Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7917/.
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H.R. 7917, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7917/.
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