S. 4177 — Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2022

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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.

Related Legislation

H.R. 9623Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

2022-12-20Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Rules, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and the Budget, 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.

S. 5315Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

2022-12-20Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

H.R. 7706Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2022

2022-11-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2022

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