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Judicial Integrity Act

H.R. 7676 · 118th Congress · Mar 13, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Judicial Integrity Act”.

Sec. 2 Acts affecting a personal financial interest

(a)
Judicial conflicts of interest— Section 208(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after “of the United States Government,” the following: “or of the judicial branch of the United States Government, including a Federal judge or a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,”.
(b)
Regulatory waiver— Section 208(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (3), by striking “or” at the end;
(2)
in paragraph (4), by striking “parties.” and inserting “parties; or” ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(5) if, by regulation issued by the Judicial Conference of the United States applicable to all judicial officers and employees covered by this section, with public notice and comment, the financial interest has been exempted from the requirements of subsection (a) as being too remote or too inconsequential to affect the integrity of the services of the Government officers or employees to which such regulation applies.”