H.R. 1943: Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2015
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H.R. 1943: Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-22 · Law · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2015
Plain summary
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2015 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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Official text
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · 129 cosponsors
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Jim Costa (D-CA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mark Pocan (D-WI), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Joe Courtney (D-CT) and 69 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1943.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr1943 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114