[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             COURTHOUSE ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2021

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged 
from further consideration of S. 3059 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3059) 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.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the Cornyn substitute 
amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; and that the bill, 
as amended, be considered read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4931) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to 
as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     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)''.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I know of no further debate on the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question 
is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 3059), as amended, was passed.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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