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House Bill 5720
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act
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Passed House on Dec 1, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Oct 25, 2021
Latest Action
Dec 2, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5720
Congress
117
Policy Area
Law
Law
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Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Deborah K. Ross
North Carolina
Republican
Darrell Issa
California
Democrat
Hank Johnson
Georgia
Democrat
Jerrold Nadler
New York
Republican
Ralph Norman
South Carolina
Republican
Chip Roy
Texas
Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee
Texas
Democrat
Sylvia Garcia
Texas
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on December 1, 2021
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
392
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act of 2021

This bill requires federal judicial officers to file periodic transaction reports disclosing certain securities transactions. The bill also requires online publication of judicial financial disclosure reports.

Specifically, the bill requires federal judicial officers to file reports within 45 days after a purchase, sale, or exchange that exceeds $1,000 in stocks, bonds, commodities futures, and other forms of securities.

Additionally, the bill directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a searchable internet database of judicial financial disclosure reports. The office must, within 90 days of the date by which a report must be filed, make the report available on the database in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format.

The bill does not require the immediate and unconditional availability of reports filed by a judicial officer or employee if the Judicial Conference finds that revealing personal and sensitive formation could endanger that individual or a family member of that individual.

Text (4)
Received in Senate
December 2, 2021
Reported in House
December 1, 2021
Engrossed in House
December 1, 2021
Introduced in House
October 25, 2021
Related Bills (1)
May 13, 2022
Became Public Law 117-125
8
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 3059
Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act
Became Law
Amendments
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
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Identified By
CRS
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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Identified By
House
Actions (15)
12/02/2021
Received in the Senate.
12/01/2021
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
12/01/2021
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 422 - 4 (Roll No. 392).
12/01/2021
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 422 - 4 (Roll No. 392).
12/01/2021
Considered as unfinished business.
12/01/2021
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
12/01/2021
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5720.
12/01/2021
Considered under suspension of the rules.
12/01/2021
Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
12/01/2021
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 143.
12/01/2021
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-199.
11/17/2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
11/17/2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
10/25/2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
10/25/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Mar 8, 2023 8:26:25 PM
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