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[S. 3059 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3059

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two


                                 An Act


 
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 JUDGES.
    (a) Periodic Transaction Reporting Requirement for Federal 
Judges.--
        (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.
        ``(12) Each bankruptcy judge appointed under section 152 of 
    title 28, United States Code.
        ``(13) Each United States magistrate judge appointed under 
    section 631 of title 28, United States Code.''.
        (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 
Judges.--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 Federal 
Judges.--
        ``(1) Establishment of database.--Subject to paragraph (4), 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 under 
    this title by a judicial officer, bankruptcy judge, or magistrate 
    judge.
        ``(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, bankruptcy judge, or magistrate judge, 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).
        ``(4) Additional time.--
            ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
        requirements of this subsection may be implemented after the 
        date described in paragraph (1) if the Administrative Office of 
        the United States Courts identifies in writing to the relevant 
        committees of Congress the additional time needed for that 
        implementation.
            ``(B) Publication requirement.--The Administrative Office 
        of the United States Courts shall continue to make the reports 
        described in paragraph (1) available to the public during the 
        period in which the Administrative Office of the United States 
        Courts establishes the database under this subsection.''.
    (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)''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.