,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eaba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bc1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4            
,hickenlooper1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4    
,markey1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 
,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4    
,wyden1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1    
,mr4 ,schiff1 and ,mrs4 ,gillibrand7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend chapter #eg of 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  7a7 ,in general ,not  
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this section1 the ,judicial
 ,conference of the ,united ,states     
shall issue a code of conduct that--    
7#a7 applies to each judge of the courts
 of the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 at   
minimum1 incorporates the requirements  
under section #dee4  7b7 ,supreme ,court
 ,not later than #a year after the date 
of enactment of this section1 the       
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states  
shall issue a code of conduct that--    
7#a7 applies to each justice of the     
,supreme ,court2 and  7#b7 at minimum1  
incorporates the requirements under     
section #dee4  4  7b7 ,technical and    
conforming amendment ,the table of      
sections for chapter #eg of title #bh1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end 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 ,supreme ,court of the     
,united ,states issues a code of conduct
 under section #ifd7;b7 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 for a renewable    
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 adopted under subsection   
7a7 shall include the establishment of  
methods for the submission of the       
information described in subsection 7a7 
in electronic form and by mail4  7e7    

,investigations ,the ,ethics            
,investigations ,counsel appointed under
 this section shall conduct             
investigations into potential violations
 of the code of conduct issued under    
section #ifd7;b7 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-- 7#a7 may1
 with the approval of the ,chief        
,justice of the ,united ,states1 appoint
 necessary assistants and fix their     
compensation2 and  7#b7 may1 at the     
discretion of the ,ethics               
,investigations ,counsel1 retain the    
services of attorneys who are not       
employees of the ,federal ,government to
 assist in investigations conducted by  
the ,ethics ,investigations ,counsel4   
7g7 ,report ,the ,ethics ,investigations

 ,counsel appointed under this section  
shall issue an annual public report     
describing the information about        
potential violations of the code of     
conduct described in subsection 7a7 and 
any steps taken to investigate1 resolve1
 or rehabilitate the conduct described  
in the information4  #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