,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,r4 #egbj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #b1  
#bjba,received  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend   
the ,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh
 to provide for a periodic transaction  
reporting requirement for ,federal      
judicial officers and the online        
publication of financial disclosure     
reports of ,federal judicial officers1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,courthouse ,ethics and ,transparency   
,act4  #b4 ,periodic transaction reports
 and online publication of financial    
disclosure reports of ,federal judicial 
officers  7a7 ,periodic transaction     
reporting requirement for ,federal      
judicial officers  7#a7 ,in general     
,section #ajc7l7 of the ,ethics in      
,government ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 
,app47 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7#aa7 ,each judicial    
officer4  4  7#b7 ,effective date ,the  
amendment made by paragraph 7#a7 shall  

apply to applicable transactions        
occurring on or after the date that is  
#ij days after the date of enactment of 
this ,act4  7b7 ,online publication of  
financial disclosure reports of ,federal
 judicial officers ,section #aje of the 
,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh 7#e
 ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 is amended-- 7#a7 by  
redesignating subsections 7c7 and 7d7 as
 subsections 7d7 and 7e71 respectively2 
and  7#b7 by inserting after subsection 
7b7 the following3  7c7 ,online         
publication of financial disclosure     
reports of judicial officers  7#a7      
,establishment of database ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of the ,courthouse ,ethics and
 ,transparency ,act1 the ,administrative
 ,office of the ,united ,states ,courts 
shall establish a searchable internet   
database to enable public access to any 
report required to be filed by a        
judicial officer under this title4  7#b7
 ,availability ,not later than #ij days 
after the date on which a report is     

required to be filed under this title by
 a judicial officer1 the ,administrative
 ,office of the ,united ,states ,courts 
shall make the report available on the  
database established under paragraph    
7#a7 in a full-text searchable1         
sortable1 and downloadable format for   
access by the public4  7#c7 ,redaction  
,any report made available on the       
database established under paragraph    
7#a7 shall not contain any information  
that is redacted in accordance with     
subsection 7b77#c74  4  7c7 ,technical  
and conforming amendments  7#a7 ,section
 #ajc7l7 of the ,ethics in ,government  
,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 7as  
amended by subsection 7a77#a77 is       
amended-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#i71 by    
striking 1 as defined under section     
#aji7ab72 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#aj71 
by striking 1 as defined under section  
#aji7ac74  7#b7 ,section #aje of the    
,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh 7#e
 ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 7as amended by        
subsection 7b77 is amended-- 7,a7 in    

subsection 7a77#a71 by striking be      
revealing and inserting by revealing2   
and  7,b7 in subsection 7b7-- 7i7 in    
paragraph 7#a7-- 7,i7 in the first      
sentence1 by striking be11 and inserting
 be12 and  7,,ii7 in the third sentence1
 by striking may be may and inserting   
may be1 may2 and  7ii7 in paragraph     
7#c77;,a71 by striking described in     
section #aji7h7 or #aji7aj7 of this ,act
 and inserting who is a judicial officer
 or a judicial employee4  7#c7 ,section 
#ajg7;a77#a7 of the ,ethics in          
,government ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 
,app7 is amended in the last sentence by
 striking and 7d7 and inserting and 7e74
  ,passed the ,house of ,representatives
 ,december #a1 #bjba4;,cheryl ,l4       
,johnson1,clerk4