US HB1960 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 97-0)
Status: Introduced on April 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-05-15 - ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Johnson (GA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1960, a bill originally introduced by Representative Slaughter of New York, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017 The bill requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate.

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Title

Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017

Sponsors

Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]

History

DateChamberAction
2018-05-15HouseASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Johnson (GA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1960, a bill originally introduced by Representative Slaughter of New York, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
2017-04-26HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
2017-04-05HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-04-05HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB835 (Same As) 2017-04-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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