Leak and Lose Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-441
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Timmons, William R. IV [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2023-01-20
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Judicial procedure and administration

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Leak and Lose Act of 2023</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 (including electronically) 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 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 441 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 20, 2023 Mr. Timmons (for himself, Mr. Duncan , Mr. Fry , Mr. Norman , Mr. Aderholt , Mr. Smith of New Jersey , Mr. Guest , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , and Ms. Mace ) 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 2023 . 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 (including electronically) from a building in which the Supreme Court conducts business, 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. .