H.R. 1960: Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-05 · Law · Latest: 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.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-05 · 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: 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. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017

Plain 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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Official text

Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · 96 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Peter Welch (D-VT), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), William R. Keating (D-MA) and 36 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1960.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1960 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115