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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.
Summary
This bill amends federal criminal law to create a new offense for the concealment, removal, mutilation, or destruction of a Supreme Court opinion or draft opinion prior to its publication. The bill makes it illegal to willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy any Supreme Court opinion or draft opinion before it is published. Violations carry a criminal fine of $5,000 and, if applicable, forfeiture of admission to all Federal courts and permanent ineligibility for admission to any Federal court. The bill also covers attempts to commit such acts or taking and carrying away opinions or drafts with intent to destroy them.
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Sponsor (1)
20 cosponsors
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3] (R-IN)
- Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] (R-TX)
- Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] (R-UT)
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL)
- Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (R-FL)
- Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] (R-SC)
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY)
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX)
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN)
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX)
- Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] (R-MO)
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC)
- Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] (R-AL)
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH)
- Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] (R-MI)
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] (R-FL)
Actions (4)
- Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. · house
- Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. · house
- May 10, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 10, 2022 Introduced in House
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Full text
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.
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 “Leak and Lose Act of 2022”.
SEC. 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.”. <all>
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