Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023
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Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023
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.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Rules, Financial Services, Agriculture, and House Administration, 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.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3973: Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3973/
"H.R. 3973: Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3973/.
H.R. 3973, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3973/.
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