Leak and Lose Act of 2022
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.
- IntroducedMay 10, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Leak and Lose Act of 2022
This bill establishes federal criminal offenses for acts involving the concealment, removal, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion of the Supreme Court before it is published.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the willful and unlawful (1) concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion; (2) attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy an opinion or draft opinion; and (3) taking or carrying away of an opinion or draft opinion with the intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy.
An individual who violates the prohibition is subject to a $5,000 fine and, if applicable, the permanent forfeiture of his or her admission to federal courts for the practice of law.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 12, 2022 to Jun 8, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | May 12, 2022 | |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | May 12, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | May 12, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | May 12, 2022 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | May 13, 2022 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | May 13, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | May 13, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 16, 2022 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | May 16, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | May 16, 2022 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | May 16, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | May 16, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | May 17, 2022 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | May 18, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | May 18, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | May 20, 2022 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | May 20, 2022 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | May 20, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Jun 8, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 10, 2022 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 | |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- May 10, 2022Introduced in House
- May 10, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 78, May 10, 2022, page H4798.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the concealment, removal, or mutilation of a Supreme Court opinion or draft opinion, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Leak and Lose Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 10, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
