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Union Calendar No. 143 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5720 
[Report No. 117–199] 
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 offi-
cers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2021 
Ms. ROSS (for herself, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. NADLER, and 
Mr. ROY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
DECEMBER 1, 2021 
Additional sponsors: Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. NORMAN, and Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas 
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 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 25, 2021] 
A BILL 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide 
for a periodic transaction reporting requirement for Fed-
eral judicial officers and the online publication of finan-
cial disclosure reports of Federal judicial officers, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Courthouse Ethics and 
Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PERIODIC TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ONLINE 
PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 
REPORTS OF FEDERAL JUDICIAL OFFICERS. 
(a) PERIODIC TRANSACTION REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT 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 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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, the Admin-
istrative Office of the United States Courts shall es-
tablish a searchable internet database to enable public 
access to any report required to be filed by a judicial 
officer under this title. 
‘‘(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 Administra-
tive 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 ac-
cordance with subsection (b)(3).’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) Section 103(l) of the Ethics in Government 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (as amended by sub-
section (a)(1)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘, as de-
fined under section 109(12)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘, as de-
fined 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 re-
vealing’’ and inserting ‘‘by revealing’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘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’’. 
(3) Section 107(a)(1) of the Ethics in Govern-
ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended in the 
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last sentence by striking ‘‘and (d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘and (e)’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 143 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 5720 
[Report No. 117–199] 
A BILL 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
to provide for a periodic transaction reporting re-
quirement for Federal judicial officers and the 
online publication of financial disclosure reports 
of Federal judicial officers, and for other pur-
poses. 
DECEMBER 1, 2021 
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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