116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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.
February 7, 2019
Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Foster, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Luján, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Speier, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Yarmuth) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Supreme Court Ethics Act”.
(a) In general.—Chapter 57 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Judicial Conference of the United States shall issue a code of conduct, which applies to each justice and judge of the courts of the United States, except that the code of conduct may include provisions that are applicable only to certain categories of judges or justices.”.
(b) Technical and conforming amendment.—The table of sections for chapter 57 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item related to section 963 the following: