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One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two 

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. 

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 ‘‘Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act’’. 

SEC. 2. PERIODIC TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ONLINE PUBLICATION 

OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS OF FEDERAL JUDGES. 

(a) PERIODIC TRANSACTION REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL JUDGES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(l) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘(11) Each judicial officer. 

‘‘(12) Each bankruptcy judge appointed under section 152 

of title 28, United States Code. 

‘‘(13) Each United States magistrate judge appointed under 

section 631 of title 28, United States Code.’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by paragraph 

(1) shall apply to applicable transactions occurring on or after 

the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act. 

(b) ONLINE PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS

OF FEDERAL JUDGES.—Section 105 of the Ethics in Government 

Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 

(d) and (e), respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 

‘‘(c) ONLINE PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS

OF FEDERAL JUDGES.— 

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE.—Subject to paragraph 

(4), 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 under this title by a judicial officer, bankruptcy judge, or magistrate judge. 

‘‘(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, bankruptcy judge, or magistrate judge, the 
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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. 

‘‘(3) REDACTION.—Any report made available on the database established under paragraph (1) shall not contain any 

information that is redacted in accordance with subsection 

(b)(3). 

‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL TIME.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the 

requirements of this subsection may be implemented after 

the date described in paragraph (1) if the Administrative 

Office of the United States Courts identifies in writing 

to the relevant committees of Congress the additional time 

needed for that implementation. 

‘‘(B) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Administrative 

Office of the United States Courts shall continue to make 

the reports described in paragraph (1) available to the 

public during the period in which the Administrative Office 

of the United States Courts establishes the database under 

this subsection.’’. 

(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— 

(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘, as defined under 

section 109(12)’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘, as defined under 

section 109(13)’’. 

(2) Section 105 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 

(5 U.S.C. App.) (as amended by subsection (b)) is amended— 

(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘be revealing’’ and 

inserting ‘‘by revealing’’; and 

(B) in subsection (b)— 

(i) in paragraph (1)— 

(I) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘be,,’’ and 

inserting ‘‘be,’’; and 

(II) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘may 

be may’’ and inserting ‘‘may be, may’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘described in 

section 109(8) or 109(10) of this Act’’ and inserting 

‘‘who is a judicial officer or a judicial employee’’. 
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(3) Section 107(a)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 

1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended in the last sentence by striking 

‘‘and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (e)’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.