SENATE 359118th CongressSubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4665-4666; text: CR S4661)
A resolution recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Forensic Science Week.
- Last Action
- 9/21/2023
Actions
- 2023-09-05Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 199.
- 2023-09-05Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2023-09-05Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2023-07-20Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- 2023-06-14Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-42.
- 2023-02-09Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2023-02-09Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-02-09 (00)
Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023
This bill makes various changes related to the ethical standards, financial disclosure requirements, and recusal requirements that apply to Supreme Court Justices.
Among the changes, the bill requires the Supreme Court to
- adopt a code of conduct for Justices and establish procedures to receive and investigate complaints of judicial misconduct;
- adopt rules governing the disclosure of gifts, travel, and income received by the Justices and law clerks that are at least as rigorous as the House and Senate disclosure rules; and
- establish procedural rules requiring each party or amicus to disclose any gift, income, or reimbursement provided to Justices.
Additionally, the bill
- expands the circumstances under which a Justice or judge must be disqualified; and
- requires the Supreme Court and the Judicial Conference to establish procedural rules for prohibiting the filing of or striking an amicus brief that would result in the disqualification of a Justice, judge, or magistrate judge.
Cosponsors (20)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Mark Warner (D-VA)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Employee performance
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Judges
- Supreme Court
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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