,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bj1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,johnson of ,louisiana 7for   
himself1 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4 ,donalds1
 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,babin7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to provide  
for penalties for the unauthorized      
disclosure of confidential information  
by officers or employees of the ,supreme
 ,court1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,leaker ,accountability ,act of     
#bjbc4  #b4 ,obstruction of ,supreme    
,court deliberations  7a7 ,in general   
,chapter #gc of title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section3      
#aebb4 ,obstruction of ,supreme ,court  
deliberations  7a7 ,in general ,whoever1
 while serving as an officer or employee
 of the ,supreme ,court1 violates this  

section by knowingly publishing1        
divulging1 disclosing1 or making known  
in any manner or to any extent not      
authorized by law any confidential      
information coming to that officer or   
employee in the course of the employment
 or official duties of that officer or  
employee shall be imprisoned not more   
than #e years or fined under this title1
 or both4  7b7 ,confidential information
 defined ,in this section1 the term     
confidential information includes       
internal notes on cases heard by the    
,supreme ,court1 any communication      
between a ,justice of the ,supreme      
,court and an employee or officer of the
 ,supreme ,court or communication       
between officers and employees of the   
,supreme ,court on a matter pending     
before the ,supreme ,court1 a draft     
opinion1 a final opinion prior to the   
date on which such opinion is released  
to the public1 personal information of a
 ,justice of the ,supreme ,court that is
 not otherwise legally available to the 

public1 and any other information       
designated to be confidential by the    
,chief ,justice of the ,supreme ,court  
prior to the date on which a violation  
of subsection 7a7 occurs4  4  7b7 ,table
 of contents ,the table of sections at  
the beginning of chapter #gc of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
#aebb4 ,obstruction of ,supreme ,court  
deliberations4  4