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US HR1057

US HR1057
Supreme Court Ethics Act


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Introduced
02/07/2019
In Committee
03/22/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices and judges of the courts of the United States. This bill establishes a new statutory requirement for the Judicial Conference of the United States (Judicial Conference) to issue a judicial code of conduct for judges and justices of U.S. courts (including Justices of the Supreme Court). Currently, the Judicial Conference issues a code of conduct for judges of U.S. courts (but not for Justices of the Supreme Court).

AI Summary

This bill, the Supreme Court Ethics Act, establishes a new statutory requirement for the Judicial Conference of the United States (Judicial Conference) to issue a judicial code of conduct for judges and justices of U.S. courts, including Justices of the Supreme Court. Currently, the Judicial Conference issues a code of conduct for judges of U.S. courts, but not for Justices of the Supreme Court. This bill aims to create a consistent code of conduct that applies to all judges and justices in the U.S. court system.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (53)

Hank Johnson (D)* Joyce Beatty (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  André Carson (D),  Sean Casten (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  James Langevin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Bill Pascrell (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  David Scott (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Peter Welch (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. (on 03/22/2019)

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