117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3059 

AN ACT 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Courthouse Ethics and 

3 Transparency Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PERIODIC TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ONLINE 

5 PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 

6 REPORTS OF FEDERAL JUDGES. 

7 (a) PERIODIC TRANSACTION REPORTING REQUIRE8 MENT FOR FEDERAL JUDGES.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(l) of the Ethics 

10 in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(11) Each judicial officer. 

13 ‘‘(12) Each bankruptcy judge appointed under 

14 section 152 of title 28, United States Code. 

15 ‘‘(13) Each United States magistrate judge ap16 pointed under section 631 of title 28, United States 

17 Code.’’. 

18 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

19 by paragraph (1) shall apply to applicable trans20 actions occurring on or after the date that is 90 

21 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

22 (b) ONLINE PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL DISCLO23 SURE REPORTS OF FEDERAL JUDGES.—Section 105 of 

24 the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 

25 is amended— 
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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

2 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(c) ONLINE PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL DISCLO6 SURE REPORTS OF FEDERAL JUDGES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE.—Subject 

8 to paragraph (4), not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of enactment of the Courthouse Ethics and 

10 Transparency Act, the Administrative Office of the 

11 United States Courts shall establish a searchable 

12 internet database to enable public access to any re13 port required to be filed under this title by a judicial 

14 officer, bankruptcy judge, or magistrate judge. 

15 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 90 days 

16 after the date on which a report is required to be 

17 filed under this title by a judicial officer, bankruptcy 

18 judge, or magistrate judge, the Administrative Office 

19 of the United States Courts shall make the report 

20 available on the database established under para21 graph (1) in a full-text searchable, sortable, and 

22 downloadable format for access by the public. 

23 ‘‘(3) REDACTION.—Any report made available 

24 on the database established under paragraph (1) 
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1 shall not contain any information that is redacted in 

2 accordance with subsection (b)(3). 

3 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL TIME.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara5 graph (B), the requirements of this subsection 

6 may be implemented after the date described in 

7 paragraph (1) if the Administrative Office of 

8 the United States Courts identifies in writing to 

9 the relevant committees of Congress the addi10 tional time needed for that implementation. 

11 ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—The 

12 Administrative Office of the United States 

13 Courts shall continue to make the reports de14 scribed in paragraph (1) available to the public 

15 during the period in which the Administrative 

16 Office of the United States Courts establishes 

17 the database under this subsection.’’. 

18 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (1) Section 103(l) of the Ethics in Government 

20 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (as amended by sub21 section (a)(1)) is amended— 

22 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘, as de23 fined under section 109(12)’’; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘, as 

25 defined under section 109(13)’’. 
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1 (2) Section 105 of the Ethics in Government 

2 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (as amended by sub3 section (b)) is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘be 

5 revealing’’ and inserting ‘‘by revealing’’; and 

6 (B) in subsection (b)— 

7 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (I) in the first sentence, by strik9 ing ‘‘be,,’’ and inserting ‘‘be,’’; and 

10 (II) in the third sentence, by 

11 striking ‘‘may be may’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘may be, may’’; and 

13 (ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 

14 ‘‘described in section 109(8) or 109(10) of 

15 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘who is a judicial 

16 officer or a judicial employee’’. 

17 (3) Section 107(a)(1) of the Ethics in Govern18 ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended in the 

19 last sentence by striking ‘‘and (d)’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘and (e)’’. 

Passed the Senate February 17, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3059 

AN ACT 

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 

poses. of Federal judicial officers, and for other puronline publication of financial disclosure reports quirement for Federal judicial officers and the to provide for a periodic transaction reporting re-