HOUSE 1057116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Supreme Court Ethics Act
- Last Action
- 3/22/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-22Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- 2019-02-13Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1559-1560)
- 2019-02-07Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-02-07Introduced in House
- 2019-02-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-07 (00)
Supreme Court Ethics Act
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).
Cosponsors (20)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- JAMES COOPER (D-TN)
- ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- Bill Foster (D-IL)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
Subjects
- Federal appellate courts
- Federal district courts
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Judges
- Supreme Court
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