,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,nadler 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,chabot1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 and ,mr4        
,connolly7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to provide for media coverage of       
,federal appellate court proceedings1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,eyes on the ,courts ,act of #bjbj4  #b4
 ,media coverage in ,federal appellate  
court proceedings  7a7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3  7#a7 ,presiding judge    
,the term presiding judge means the     
judge presiding over a proceeding in an 
appellate court of the ,united ,states4 
,in proceedings in which more than one  
judge participates1 the presiding judge 
shall be the senior active judge so     
participating or1 in the case of a      
circuit court of appeals1 the senior    
active circuit judge so participating1  

except that--  7,a7 in en banc sittings 
of any ,united ,states circuit court of 
appeals1 the presiding judge shall be   
the chief judge of the circuit whenever 
the chief judge participates2 and  7,b7 
in en banc sittings of the ,supreme     
,court of the ,united ,states1 the      
presiding judge shall be the ,chief     
,justice whenever the ,chief ,justice   
participates4  7#b7 ,appellate court of 
the ,united ,states ,the term appellate 
court of the ,united ,states means any  
,united ,states circuit court of appeals
 and the ,supreme ,court of the ,united 
,states4  7b7 ,media coverage of court  
proceedings  7#a7 ,in general ,the      
presiding judge in a proceeding of an   
appellate court of the ,united ,states  
shall permit the photographing1         
electronic recording1 audio-visual      
coverage1 broadcasting1 televising1 or  
streaming in real time or near-real time
 on the internet of that proceeding to  
or for the public1 unless--  7,a7 the   
presiding judge determines in writing1  

on the motion of any party to the       
proceeding or sua sponte1 that allowing 
such photographing1 recording1          
broadcasting1 televising1 or streaming  
would violate the due process rights of 
a party to the proceeding or is         
otherwise not in the interests of       
justice2 and  7,b7 the determination    
under paragraph 7#a7 is published at    
least #gb hours before the proceeding   
begins4  7#b7 ,interlocutory appeals    
barred ,the determination of a presiding
 judge under paragraph 7#a77;,a7 may not
 be challenged through an interlocutory 
appeal4  7#c7 ,guidelines ,the ,judicial
 ,conference of the ,united ,states may 
promulgate guidelines with respect to   
the management and administration of    
photographing1 recording1 broadcasting1 
televising1 or streaming described under
 paragraph 7#a74  7#d7 ,procedures ,in  
the interests of justice and fairness1  
the presiding judge of each appellate   
court of the ,united ,states may        
promulgate rules and disciplinary       

measures for the courtroom use of any   
form of media or media equipment and the
 acquisition or distribution of any of  
the images or sounds obtained in the    
courtroom4 ,the presiding judge may also
 require written acknowledgment of the  
rules by anyone individually or on      
behalf of any entity before being       
allowed to acquire any images or sounds 
from the courtroom4  7c7 ,effective date
 ,this ,act shall apply with respect to 
any proceeding in an appellate court of 
the ,united ,states that begins on or   
after the end of the #ij-;day period    
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4