,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #be1  
#bjba,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,coons1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1
 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4         
,grassley1 and ,mr4 ,ossoff7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,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   
,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
finds that-- 7#a7 recent reports        
indicate certain ,federal judges have   
failed to recuse themselves from cases  
and controversies in which the financial

 interests of the ,federal judges are   
implicated2  7#b7 ,federal law and the  
judicial recusal rules applicable to    
,federal judges require that ,federal   
judges disqualify themselves in any     
proceeding in which the impartiality of 
the ,federal judges might be reasonably 
questioned1 including instances in which
 a ,federal judge has any financial     
interest in the subject matter in       
controversy or in a party to the        
proceeding2  7#c7 litigants and the     
public have an interest in fair and     
impartial judicial proceedings1 the     
results and conduct of which avoid any  
appearance of impropriety2 and  7#d7 in 
#bjab1 the ,,stock ,act 7,public ,law   
#aab-aje2 #abf ,stat4 #bia7 was enacted1
 which provides that ,members of        
,congress and ,federal officials have a 
duty of trust and confidentiality to not
 use information obtained from their    
official duties for private gain1       
including the purchase and sale of      
stocks1 bonds1 commodities1 futures1 and

 other securities4  #c4 ,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 ,act of #bjba1 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