3.0.0 1411 2022-02-09T00:28:55Z 2022-02-09T00:28:55Z Senate S 2019-05-09 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-09T19:12:42Z AMICUS Act 116 3993 HR 2019-08-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Identical bill CRS 2019-05-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-05-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-05-09 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-05-09 True Law Accounting and auditing Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Federal appellate courts Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Judges Judicial procedure and administration Judicial review and appeals Lawyers and legal services Licensing and registrations Supreme Court Transportation costs Law 00 2019-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-21T21:08:56Z Assessing Monetary Influence in the Courts of the United States Act or the AMICUS Act

This bill requires certain disclosures from a person that files three or more amicus briefs in a calendar year in the Supreme Court or a U.S. court of appeals. Specifically, such a person must disclose the name of anyone who (1) contributed to the preparation or submission of the amicus brief, or (2) made certain monetary contributions to the person.

Persons that are subject to these requirements must register with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which must make the registration information publicly available.

Such persons are also prohibited from making gifts or providing travel to any U.S. court of appeals judge or Supreme Court justice.

]]> AMICUS Act Display Title AMICUS Act Short Title(s) as Introduced AMICUS Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Assessing Monetary Influence in the Courts of the United States Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to require certain disclosures related to amicus activities. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1411is/xml/BILLS-116s1411is.xml 2019-05-09 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.