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HR 441 118th Congress House Law Civil actions and liability Judicial procedure and administration Supreme Court

Leak and Lose Act of 2023

Introduced: January 20, 2023 Introduced by: Timmons, William R. Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 20, 2023
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Leak and Lose Act of 2023

This bill establishes federal criminal offenses for acts involving the concealment, removal, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion of the Supreme Court before it is published.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the willful and unlawful (1) concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion; (2) attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy an opinion or draft opinion; and (3) taking or carrying away (including electronically) of an opinion or draft opinion with the intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy.

An individual who violates the prohibition is subject to a $5,000 fine and, if applicable, the permanent forfeiture of his or her admission to federal courts for the practice of law.

What's happening now January 20, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Republican 14
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Gooden, Lance
Texas · Feb 8, 2023
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Donalds, Byron
Florida · Jan 24, 2023
 R
Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · Jan 24, 2023
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jan 24, 2023
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Jan 24, 2023
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Jan 24, 2023
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jan 20, 2023
Duncan, Jeff
· Jan 20, 2023
 R
Fry, Russell
South Carolina · Jan 20, 2023
 R
Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Jan 20, 2023
 R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Jan 20, 2023
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Jan 20, 2023
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jan 20, 2023
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Jan 20, 2023
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jan 20, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 441: Leak and Lose Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-441/
MLA
"H.R. 441: Leak and Lose Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-441/.
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H.R. 441, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-441/.
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[H.R. 441: Leak and Lose Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-441/)
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