[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7676 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7676
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and
employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting
personal financial interests.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 13, 2024
Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee of
California, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, and Mrs.
Ramirez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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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.
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 ``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.''.
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