I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4715 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require more detailed 
travel disclosure filings from judicial officers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 17, 2019 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. CLINE, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. JACKSON LEE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require 
more detailed travel disclosure filings from judicial offi-
cers, 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 ‘‘Judicial Travel Ac-
countability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRAVEL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 102(a)(2) of the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘(A) The identity’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), 
the identity’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a judicial officer, the iden-
tity of the source, a brief description, and the value 
of all gifts aggregating more than the minimal value 
as established by section 7342(a)(5) of title 5, 
United States Code, or $250, whichever is greater, 
received from any source, other than a relative, dur-
ing the preceding calendar year, except that any gift 
with a fair market value of $100 or less, as adjusted 
at the same time and by the same percentage as the 
minimal value is adjusted, need not be aggregated 
for purposes of this subparagraph.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D)(i) In the case of a judicial officer required 
to file an annual financial disclosure statement con-
taining information described in subparagraph 
(A)(ii) or (B), not later than 15 days after the date 
on which a trip required to be disclosed in the state-
ment ends, the judicial officer shall file— 
‘‘(I) a detailed description of the meetings 
and events attended by the judicial officer, in-
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cluding the names of the other known attendees 
of the meeting or event; 
‘‘(II) the total transportation expenses, in 
dollars, for the judicial officer; 
‘‘(III) the total transportation expenses, in 
dollars, for any family member who accom-
panied the judicial officer; 
‘‘(IV) the total lodging expenses, in dollars, 
for the judicial officer; 
‘‘(V) the total lodging expenses, in dollars, 
for any family member who accompanied the ju-
dicial officer; 
‘‘(VI) the total meal expenses, in dollars, 
for the judicial officer; and 
‘‘(VII) the total meal expenses, in dollars, 
for any family member who accompanied the ju-
dicial officer. 
‘‘(ii) As soon as practicable after any informa-
tion required to be filed by a judicial officer under 
clause (i) is filed, the information shall be made 
available on a public website.’’. 
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