Leak and Lose Act of 2023
Latest action · Jan 20, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedJan 20, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Leak and Lose Act of 2023
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 (including electronically) 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 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 20, 2023 to Feb 8, 2023; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Jan 24, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Jan 24, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jan 24, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jan 24, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Jan 24, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Feb 8, 2023 |
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 Jan 20, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 20, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 20, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 13, January 20, 2023, page H252.
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 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 20, 2023Introduced 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.
