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H.R. 7647: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022

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H.R. 7647: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-05-03 · Law · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-05-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022

Plain summary

Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022 This bill provides for the establishment of a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, judges of the courts of appeals, judges of the district courts, and judges of the Court of International Trade.

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Official text

Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · 66 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 7647, Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022 (2022-09-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Sean Casten (D-IL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA) and 6 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] reported raising $514,399 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7647 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117