117 HR 7713 IH: Leak and Lose Act of 2022 U.S. House of Representatives 2022-05-10 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.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7713IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 10, 2022Mr. Timmons introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the concealment, removal, or mutilation of a Supreme Court opinion or draft opinion, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Leak and Lose Act of 2022.

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Concealment, removal, or mutilation of Supreme Court opinion or draft opinion

Section 2071 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(c)Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any opinion or draft opinion of a case being heard by the Supreme Court, prior to the date on which such opinion is published by the Supreme Court, shall be fined $5000, and if applicable, shall forfeit their admission to all Federal courts and shall be ineligible for admission to a Federal court for the remainder of their life..