HR 1057 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Supreme Court Ethics Act

Introduced Feb 7, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 22, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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 52

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2019 to Feb 5, 2020; 49 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-ILBill FosterOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-GADavid ScottOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-FLDebbie Mucarsel-PowellOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-TNJim CooperOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-CARo KhannaOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-ILSean CastenOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-CATed LieuOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NHAnn M. KusterFeb 25, 2019
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiFeb 25, 2019
D-PAMadeleine DeanFeb 5, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Feb 7, 2019
Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee
Referred Mar 22, 2019

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 22, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
  2. Feb 13, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1559-1560)
  3. Feb 7, 2019Introduced in House
  4. Feb 7, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H1559Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GAFeb 13, 2019

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section VIII

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 24, February 7, 2019, page H1463.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 116-29THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: IDEAS FOR PROMOTING ETHICS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY297 pagesJudiciary CommitteeJun 21, 2019

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1For the People Act of 2019Related billMar 14, 2019
S 393Supreme Court Ethics ActIdentical billFeb 7, 2019
HR 4766Supreme Court Ethics ActReintroduced BillNov 1, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
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.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Supreme Court Ethics Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 7, 2019Introduced in House

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