Supreme Court Code of Conduct Act



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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1290 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1290

 To require the Supreme Court of the United States to issue a code of 
 conduct for the justices of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2023

Mr. King (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Supreme Court of the United States to issue a code of 
 conduct for the justices of the Supreme Court, 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 ``Supreme Court Code of Conduct Act''.

SEC. 2. CODE OF CONDUCT FOR JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Supreme Court of the United States shall, after 
appropriate public notice and opportunity for comment in accordance 
with section 2071 of title 28, United States Code, issue a code of 
conduct for the Chief Justice of the United States and justices of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.
    (b) Publication.--The Supreme Court of the United States shall 
publish the code of conduct required under subsection (a) on the 
website of the Supreme Court, which shall be available to the public.
    (c) Designated Individual.--
            (1) In general.--The Supreme Court of the United States 
        shall designate an individual, including an employee, to 
        process complaints containing allegations that the Chief 
        Justice of the United States or a justice of the Supreme Court 
        has engaged in, or is engaging in, conduct that is--
                    (A) prejudicial to the administration of justice; 
                or
                    (B) in violation of Federal law or the code of 
                conduct established under subsection (a).
            (2) Obligations.--The Chief Justice of the United States 
        and the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States may 
        confer with the designee described in paragraph (1) on the 
        obligations of the Chief Justice or justice, as applicable, 
        under the code of conduct required under subsection (a) and 
        section 455 of title 28, United States Code.
            (3) Report.--The individual designated under paragraph (1) 
        shall publish on the website of the Supreme Court of the United 
        States a report that describes--
                    (A) the complaints described in paragraph (1), with 
                the names of the complainants anonymized; and
                    (B) any steps taken to remedy the alleged conduct.
            (4) Investigations.--The Marshal of the Supreme Court of 
        the United States, after consultation with the Chief Justice of 
        the United States and the designee described in paragraph (1), 
        may commission, on a reimbursable basis, Federal agency 
        personnel who serve in investigative roles, or businesses that 
        contract with the Federal Government to carry out investigative 
        work, to assist the Marshal in carrying out investigations to 
        determine whether the Chief Justice of the United States, a 
        justice of the Supreme Court, or an employee who reports to a 
        justice of the Supreme Court, as applicable, has engaged in, or 
        is engaging in, conduct described in paragraph (1).
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