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Judicial Integrity Act

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Introduced
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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-07-20
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Adam B. Schiff
Adam B. Schiff
Democrat · CA · Senator
Votes with party: 81.9% (846 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-07-20

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Plain-English Summary

Federal judges and court employees would be banned from making official decisions that could benefit their own personal finances, such as ruling on cases involving companies where they own stock or have other financial stakes. The law would close potential conflicts of interest where someone in the judicial system could profit from their own decisions. This applies to all officers and employees working in federal courts across the country.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5036 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5036 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2026 Mr. Schiff (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Judicial Integrity Act''. SEC. 2. ACTS AFFECTING A PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST. (a) Judicial Conflicts of Interest.--Section 208(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``of the United States Government,'' the following: ``of the judicial branch of the United States Government (including a Federal judge or a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States),''. (b) Regulatory Waiver.--Section 208(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the end; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``parties.'' and inserting ``parties; or''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(5) if, by regulation issued by the Judicial Conference of the United States applicable to all officers and employees of the judicial branch of the United States Government (including Federal judges and justices of the Supreme Court of the United States), with public notice and comment, the financial interest has been exempted from the requirements of subsection (a) as being too remote or too inconsequential to affect the integrity of the services of those officers and employees.''. <all>
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