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To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests.
Summary
- The bill would extend federal conflict of interest prohibitions to federal judges and Supreme Court justices.
- The bill would prohibit judicial officers from engaging in official acts that affect their personal financial interests.
- The bill would allow the Judicial Conference of the United States to issue regulations exempting certain financial interests from conflict of interest requirements if determined to be too remote or inconsequential.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
3 cosponsors
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Jul 20, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Jul 20, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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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
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>
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