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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.

Action Timeline

Action Date	Type	Text	Source
2022-11-01	Committee	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.	House committee actions
2022-05-19	Committee	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.	House committee actions
2022-05-10	IntroReferral	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.	House floor actions
2022-05-10	IntroReferral	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.	House floor actions
2022-05-10	IntroReferral	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.	House floor actions
2022-05-10	IntroReferral	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.	House floor actions
2022-05-10	IntroReferral	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.	House floor actions
2022-05-10	IntroReferral	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.	House floor actions
2022-05-10	IntroReferral	Introduced in House	Library of Congress

Sponsor :

Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

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Policy Area :

Law

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