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.
Actions
May 10, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.