[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3886 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3886

 To require Federal judges and Federal prosecutors to submit quarterly 
   financial disclosures to the Judicial Conference and the Attorney 
                                General.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2023

  Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require Federal judges and Federal prosecutors to submit quarterly 
   financial disclosures to the Judicial Conference and the Attorney 
                                General.

    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 ``Government Unanimous Oversight Act 
of 2023'' or the ``GUO Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.

    (a)  In General.--In addition to any requirements under the Ethics 
in Government Act of 1978, on a quarterly basis, each Federal judge and 
each spouse thereof shall submit to the Judicial Conference, and each 
United States Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney, and each 
spouse thereof, shall submit to the Attorney General, a financial 
disclosure containing such information as the Judicial Conference or 
the Attorney General, as appropriate, may reasonably require.
    (b) Judicial Conference Reporting Requirement.--If the Judicial 
Conference determines, based on a financial disclosure submitted under 
subsection (a), that a Federal judge or a spouse thereof has received 
compensation, reimbursement, or another payment from a foreign 
government, the Judicial Conference shall refer such matter to the 
Attorney General.
    (c) Enforcement.--If the Attorney General determines, based on a 
financial disclosure submitted under subsection (a) or a report 
received under subsection (b), that an individual has violated Federal 
law, the Attorney General shall take appropriate steps to enforce any 
such law.
    (d) Report.--Upon making a determination that Federal law has been 
violated under subsection (c), the Attorney General shall submit a 
report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and of the Senate on such violation.
    (e) Penalty.--An individual who fails to file a report required 
under subsection (a) shall be fined in an amount of $5,000 for each 30-
day period that the individual fails to file such report.
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