,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ief  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bd1         
#bjba,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require      
adequate reporting of ethics1 personal  
finance1 and disclosure reports for     
justices of the ,supreme ,court of the  
,united ,states4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,supreme      
,court ,transparency ,act4  #b4         
,availability of reports relating to    
justices of the ,supreme ,court of the  
,united ,states  7a7 ,public            
availability of ethics1 personal        
finance1 and disclosure forms for the   
,chief ,justice and ,associate ,justices
 of the ,united ,states  7#a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,administrative ,office of the ,united  
,states ,courts shall establish a       
searchable internet database system on  

an official website of the ,united      
,states ,government1 to enable public   
access to any ethics1 personal finance1 
or disclosure report required to be made
 under ,federal law by the ,chief       
,justice or an associate justice of the 
,supreme ,court1 including any amendment
 or update to such a report4  7#b7      
,availability ,any report described in  
paragraph 7#a71 including any amendment 
or update to such a report1 shall be    
made publically available on the        
database established under paragraph    
7#a7 not later than #cj days after the  
date on which the report is filed4  7#c7
 ,limitation on redaction  7,a7 ,in     
general ,any document made public in the
 database established under paragraph   
7#a7 may be redacted only-- 7i7 to the  
extent necessary to protect the         
individual who filed the report or a    
family member of that individual2 and   
7ii7 during the period during which the 
danger to such individual or a family   
member exists4  7,b7 ,regulations ,not  

later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,judicial   
,conference of the ,united ,states1 in  
consultation with the ,department of    
,justice1 shall promulgate regulations  
setting forth the circumstances under   
which redaction is appropriate under    
this subsection and the procedures for  
redaction4  7b7 ,periodic transaction   
reports ,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 ,the     
,chief ,justice of the ,united ,states  
and the ,associate ,justices of the     
,supreme ,court4  4  7c7 ,severability  
clause ,if any provision of this section
 or an amendment made by this section1  
or the application of such a provision  
or amendment to any person or           
circumstance1 is held to be             
unconstitutional1 the remaining         
provisions of this section and          
amendments made by this section1 and the
 application of such provisions and     

amendments to any other person or       
circumstance1 shall not be affected     
thereby4