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[H.R. 5720 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 143
117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5720

                          [Report No. 117-199]

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for a periodic 
transaction reporting requirement for Federal judicial officers and the 
online publication of financial disclosure reports of Federal judicial 
                   officers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2021

 Ms. Ross (for herself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Nadler, 
 and Mr. Roy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                            December 1, 2021

  Additional sponsors: Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Norman, and Ms. Garcia of 
                                 Texas

                            December 1, 2021

  Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 
                               25, 2021]

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for a periodic 
transaction reporting requirement for Federal judicial officers and the 
online publication of financial disclosure reports of Federal judicial 
                   officers, and for other purposes.


 


    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 ``Courthouse Ethics and Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PERIODIC TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ONLINE PUBLICATION OF 
              FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS OF FEDERAL JUDICIAL 
              OFFICERS.

    (a) Periodic Transaction Reporting Requirement for Federal Judicial 
Officers.--
            (1) In general.--Section 103(l) of the Ethics in Government 
        Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(11) Each judicial officer.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply to applicable transactions occurring on or after 
        the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
    (b) Online Publication of Financial Disclosure Reports of Federal 
Judicial Officers.--Section 105 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Online Publication of Financial Disclosure Reports of 
Judicial Officers.--
            ``(1) Establishment of database.--Not later than 180 days 
        after the date of enactment of the Courthouse Ethics and 
        Transparency Act, the Administrative Office of the United 
        States Courts shall establish a searchable internet database to 
        enable public access to any report required to be filed by a 
        judicial officer under this title.
            ``(2) Availability.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        on which a report is required to be filed under this title by a 
        judicial officer, the Administrative Office of the United 
        States Courts shall make the report available on the database 
        established under paragraph (1) in a full-text searchable, 
        sortable, and downloadable format for access by the public.
            ``(3) Redaction.--Any report made available on the database 
        established under paragraph (1) shall not contain any 
        information that is redacted in accordance with subsection 
        (b)(3).''.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 103(l) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
        (5 U.S.C. App.) (as amended by subsection (a)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ``, as defined 
                under section 109(12)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (10), by striking ``, as defined 
                under section 109(13)''.
            (2) Section 105 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 
        U.S.C. App.) (as amended by subsection (b)) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``be 
                revealing'' and inserting ``by revealing''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in the first sentence, by 
                                striking ``be,,'' and inserting 
                                ``be,''; and
                                    (II) in the third sentence, by 
                                striking ``may be may'' and inserting 
                                ``may be, may''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
                        ``described in section 109(8) or 109(10) of 
                        this Act'' and inserting ``who is a judicial 
                        officer or a judicial employee''.
            (3) Section 107(a)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 
        1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended in the last sentence by striking 
        ``and (d)'' and inserting ``and (e)''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 143

117th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 5720

                          [Report No. 117-199]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for a periodic 
transaction reporting requirement for Federal judicial officers and the 
online publication of financial disclosure reports of Federal judicial 
                   officers, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 1, 2021

  Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed