[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4257 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4257

         To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2021

  Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Norton, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
  Cicilline, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Grijalva) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
         To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cameras in the Courtroom Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings
    ``The Supreme Court shall permit television coverage of all open 
sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the 
majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case 
would constitute a violation of the due process rights of one or more 
of the parties before the Court.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 45 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings.''.
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