3.0.0 2202 2023-01-13T04:49:14Z 2023-01-13T04:49:14Z Senate S S 2006-01-26 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-01-26T20:31:30Z 2006-01-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S229-230) IntroReferral 2006-01-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S229) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2006-01-26 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2006-01-26 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2006-05-26 False Law Conferences Conflict of interests Continuing education Education Financial disclosure Fund raising Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education Judges Judicial ethics Legal education Law 00 2006-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-02T18:27:05Z Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) establish within the Treasury a Judicial Education Fund for the payment of necessary expenses incurred by a judge or justice in attending a private judicial seminar approved by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center; and (2) require each justice, judge, and magistrate of the United States to maintain a list (to be made available to the public) of all financial interests that would require disqualification in any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate regulations to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of anything in value in connection with a private judicial seminar, with specified exceptions.

]]> Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act of 2006 Display Title Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for ethics reform of the Federal judiciary and to instill greater public confidence in the Federal courts. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-01-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2202is/xml/BILLS-109s2202is.xml 2006-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S229-230) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.