[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3059 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3059

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                                 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)''.

            Passed the Senate February 17, 2022.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3059

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.