Union Calendar No. 143
117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
[Report No. 117–199]
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.
October 25, 2021
Ms. Ross (for herself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. Roy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
December 1, 2021
Additional sponsors: Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Norman, and Ms. Garcia of Texas
December 1, 2021
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 25, 2021]
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Periodic transaction reports and online publication of financial disclosure reports of Federal judicial officers.
(a) Periodic transaction reporting requirement for Federal judicial officers.—
(b) Online publication of financial disclosure reports of Federal judicial officers.—Section 105 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
“(c) Online publication of financial disclosure reports of judicial officers.—
“(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE.—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 by a judicial officer under this title.
“(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, 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.
(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—
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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. | |||||
December 1, 2021 | |||||
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed |