Judicial Integrity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5036 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5036

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 20, 2026

Mr. Schiff (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Judicial Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTS AFFECTING A PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST.

(a) Judicial Conflicts of Interest.--Section 208(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``of the United States Government,'' the following: ``of the judicial branch of the United States Government (including a Federal judge or a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States),''. (b) Regulatory Waiver.--Section 208(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the end; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``parties.'' and inserting ``parties; or''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(5) if, by regulation issued by the Judicial Conference of the United States applicable to all officers and employees of the judicial branch of the United States Government (including Federal judges and justices of the Supreme Court of the United States), with public notice and comment, the financial interest has been exempted from the requirements of subsection (a) as being too remote or too inconsequential to affect the integrity of the services of those officers and employees.''. <all>