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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1057
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct
for justices and judges of the courts of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWNLEY of
California, Mr. CARSON
of Indiana, Mr. CASTEN
of Illinois, Mr.
CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr.
COOPER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. ENGEL,
Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. JACKSON
LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LAN-
GEVIN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr.
NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. RASKIN, Mr.
SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SMITH
of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO,
Mr. TONKO, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. YAR-
MUTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a
code of conduct for justices and judges of the courts
of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supreme Court Ethics
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. CODE OF CONDUCT.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 57 of title 28, United
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘§ 964. Code of conduct
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‘‘Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
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ment of this section, the Judicial Conference of the United
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States shall issue a code of conduct, which applies to each
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justice and judge of the courts of the United States, except
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that the code of conduct may include provisions that are
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applicable only to certain categories of judges or justices.’’.
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
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The table of sections for chapter 57 of title 28, United
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States Code, is amended by adding after the item related
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to section 963 the following:
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‘‘964. Code of conduct.’’.
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