I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8830 
To prohibit Federal judges from receiving gifts valued over $50 in an instance 
or $100 in the aggregate in a year from a source unless excepted, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2024 
Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. CARSON, 
Mr. CASTEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. 
GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor-
gia, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SMITH
of Washington, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Mr. MULLIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit Federal judges from receiving gifts valued over 
$50 in an instance or $100 in the aggregate in a year 
from a source unless excepted, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘High Court Gift Ban 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GIFTS. 
Subchapter V of Chapter 73 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 7354. Gifts to Federal judges 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—A judicial officer may not 
accept a gift from any source unless— 
‘‘(A) the judicial officer reasonably and in 
good faith believes the gift has a value of less 
than $50; and 
‘‘(B) the aggregate value of gifts the judi-
cial officer has received from the source in that 
calendar year is $100 or less, inclusive of the 
present gift. 
‘‘(2) 
EXCEPTIONS.—The 
prohibition 
under 
paragraph (1) does not apply to any of the following 
circumstances: 
‘‘(A) Anything for which the judicial offi-
cer pays the fair market value. 
‘‘(B) Anything for which the judicial offi-
cer does not use and promptly returns to the 
person who provided the gift to the judicial offi-
cer. 
‘‘(C) A gift from a relative. 
‘‘(D) A gift from another judicial officer. 
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‘‘(E) Honorary degrees (and associated 
travel, food, refreshments, and entertainment) 
and other bona fide, nonmonetary awards pre-
sented in recognition of public service (and as-
sociated food, refreshments, and entertainment 
provided in the presentation of such degrees 
and awards) paid for by an educational institu-
tion so long as only the educational institution 
pays for, or sponsors, the award and invites the 
judicial officer. 
‘‘(F) Opportunities and benefits that are— 
‘‘(i) available to the public or to a 
class consisting of all Federal employees; 
‘‘(ii) offered to members of a group or 
class for which membership in such group 
or class is unrelated to service as a judicial 
officer; 
‘‘(iii) offered to members of an orga-
nization open to all judicial officers; 
‘‘(iv) in the form of loans from banks 
and other financial institutions on terms 
generally available to the public; or 
‘‘(v) in the form of a reduction in 
membership fees or fees for participation 
in activities of an organization if such re-
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