Courthouse Ethics and Transparency 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act 2. Periodic transaction reports and online publication of financial disclosure reports of Federal judicial officers (a) Periodic transaction reporting requirement for Federal judicial officers (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. . (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 judicial officers 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 judicial officers (1) Establishment of database Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act (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. (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). . (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) (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 by revealing (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) in the first sentence, by striking be,, be, (II) in the third sentence, by striking may be may may be, may (ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking described in section 109(8) or 109(10) of this Act who is a judicial officer or a judicial employee (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 (e) 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

Summary: Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act This bill requires federal judicial officers to file periodic transaction reports disclosing certain securities transactions. The bill also requires online publication of judicial financial disclosure reports. Specifically, the bill requires federal judicial officers to file reports within 45 days after a purchase, sale, or exchange that exceeds $1,000 in stocks, bonds, commodities futures, and other forms of securities. Additionally, the bill directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a searchable internet database of judicial financial disclosure reports. The office must, within 90 days of the date by which a report must be filed, make the report available on the database in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format. The bill does not require the immediate and unconditional availability of reports filed by a judicial officer or employee if the Judicial Conference finds that revealing personal and sensitive formation could endanger that individual or a family member of that individual.