,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #i1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4        
,booker1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4
 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,ms4 ,cortez     
,masto1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,durbin1  
,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,fetterman1 ,mr4 
,hickenlooper1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4    
,lujn1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,merkley1     
,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4       
,sanders1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,smith1  
,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 
,wyden1 and ,ms4 ,hirono7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 to provide  
for a code of conduct for justices and  
judges of the courts of the ,united     
,states1 establish an ethics            
investigations counsel1 and require     
disclosure of recusals4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    

,supreme ,court ,ethics ,act4  #b4 ,code
 of conduct  7a7 ,in general ,chapter   
#eg of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following3  #ifd4 ,code of conduct ,not 
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this section1 the         
,judicial ,conference of the ,united    
,states shall issue a code of conduct1  
which applies to each justice and judge 
of the courts of the ,united ,states1   
except that the code of conduct may     
include provisions that are applicable  
only to certain categories of judges or 
justices4  4  7b7 ,technical and        
conforming amendment ,the table of      
sections for chapter #eg of title #bh1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding after the item related to section
 #ifc the following3  #ifd4 ,code of    
conduct4  4  #c4 ,establishment of      
,ethics ,investigations ,counsel and    
reporting protocol  7a7 ,in general ,not
 later than #ij days after the date on  
which the ,judicial ,conference of the  

,united ,states issues a code of conduct
 under section #ifd of title #bh1       
,united ,states ,code1 as added by      
section #b7;a7 of this ,act1 the        
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states  
shall appoint and fix the compensation  
of an ,ethics ,investigations ,counsel  
who shall adopt rules providing for the 
enforcement of the code of conduct1     
including a process to receive from the 
public information about potential      
violations of the code of conduct by    
justices of the ,supreme ,court4  7b7   
,term ,the ,ethics ,investigation       
,counsel shall serve a term of #d years4
  7c7 ,removal ,the ,ethics             
,investigation ,counsel may be removed  
for cause by the ,supreme ,court of the 
,united ,states4  7d7 ,process ,the     
process shall include the establishment 
of a method for the submission of the   
information described in subsection 7a7 
in electronic form4  7e7 ,investigations
 ,the ,ethics ,investigations ,counsel  
appointed under this section shall      

conduct investigations into potential   
violations of the code of conduct       
described in section #ifd of title #bh1 
,united ,states ,code1 as added by      
section #b7;a7 of this ,act1 and other  
conduct prejudicial to the ethical1     
effective1 and expeditious              
administration of the business of the   
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states4 
7f7 ,assistants ,the ,ethics            
,investigations ,counsel appointed under
 this section may1 with the approval of 
the ,chief ,justice of the ,united      
,states1 appoint necessary assistants   
and fix their compensation4  7g7 ,report
 ,the ,ethics ,investigations ,counsel  
appointed under this section shall issue
 an annual public report describing the 
complaints described in subsection 7a7  
and any steps taken to investigate1     
resolve1 or rehabilitate the conduct    
detailed in the complaint4  #d4 ,recusal
 of ,justices  7a7 ,in general ,in any  
case in which a justice of the ,supreme 
,court of the ,united ,states           

disqualifies himself or herself in a    
proceeding under section #dee of title  
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 the justice 
shall disclose in the public record of  
the proceeding the reasons for the      
disqualification4  7b7 ,denial of motion
 ,to disqualify ,if a justice of the    
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states  
denies a motion brought by a party to a 
proceeding before the ,court that the   
justice should be disqualified in the   
proceeding under section #dee of title  
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 the justice 
shall disclose in the public record of  
the proceeding the reasons for the      
denial of the motion4