Leak and Lose Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7713
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Timmons, William R. IV [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-10
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Judicial procedure and administration

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Leak and Lose Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill establishes federal criminal offenses for acts involving the concealment, removal, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion of the Supreme Court before it is published. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill prohibits the willful and unlawful (1) concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion; (2) attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy an opinion or draft opinion; and (3) taking or carrying away of an opinion or draft opinion with the intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy. </p> <p>An individual who violates the prohibition is subject to a $5,000 fine and, if applicable, the permanent forfeiture of his or her admission to federal courts for the practice of law.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7713 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2022 Mr. Timmons introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the concealment, removal, or mutilation of a Supreme Court opinion or draft opinion, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Leak and Lose Act of 2022 . 2. Concealment, removal, or mutilation of Supreme Court opinion or draft opinion Section 2071 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any opinion or draft opinion of a case being heard by the Supreme Court, prior to the date on which such opinion is published by the Supreme Court, shall be fined $5000, and if applicable, shall forfeit their admission to all Federal courts and shall be ineligible for admission to a Federal court for the remainder of their life. .