HR9786Referred to Committee

Judicial Integrity Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-07-20
Introduced
6
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Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Democrat · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 97.7% (651 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House 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 or investments. The law would require them to recuse themselves from cases or matters where they have a financial stake, similar to conflict-of-interest rules that apply to other government officials. This aims to prevent judges from using their position to influence rulings in ways that make them money.

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Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9786 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9786 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2026 Ms. Kamlager-Dove (for herself, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Ramirez, and Mr. Moulton) introduced the following bill; which was 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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