3.0.0 2678 2023-01-13T04:48:35Z 2023-01-13T04:48:35Z Senate S S 2006-04-27 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-04-27T23:15:24Z Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2006 109 5219 HR 2006-09-27 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 6. Related bill CRS 2006-04-27 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2006-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N Law Administration of justice Auditing Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Congress Congressional reporting requirements Congressional-judicial relations Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Discrimination in employment Dismissal of employees Economics and Public Finance Federal employees Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Inspectors general Judges Judicial ethics Judicial officers Misconduct in office Supreme Court justices Waste in government spending Whistle blowing Law 00 2006-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-19T21:02:56Z Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General for the Judicial Branch of the U.S. government, to be headed by an Inspector General appointed by the Chief Justice.

Requires the Office to: (1) investigate matters pertaining to the Judicial Branch, including possible misconduct in office of justices and judges; (2) conduct and supervise audits and investigations; and (3) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse.

Provides for whistleblower protection.

]]> Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2006 Display Title Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the detection and prevention of inappropriate conduct in the Federal judiciary. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2678is/xml/BILLS-109s2678is.xml 2006-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.