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
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
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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.