Judicial Redaction Authority Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4698
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-20
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government information and archives

Judges

Judicial procedure and administration

Protection of officials

Right of privacy

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-12-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Judicial Redaction Authority Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to extend through 2018 the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact personal and sensitive information from the financial disclosure report of a judge or judicial employee if it finds that revealing the information could endanger that individual or a family member of that individual. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4698 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 20, 2017 Mr. Jeffries introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To protect the safety of judges by extending the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Judicial Redaction Authority Act of 2017 . 2. Extension of redaction authority concerning sensitive security information Section 105(b)(3) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking 2017 both places it appears and inserting 2018 .