A bill to require judges of courts of the United States to file confidential statements with the Comptroller General of the United States.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Requires each judge of the United States courts to file a confidential financial statement with the Comptroller General by May 15 of each year. Provides that such report shall contain the following information: all documents filed for income tax purposes; name and instrument of ownership of any business in which the ownership value exceeded $5,000 or from which income was derived, the value of ownership and amount of income, the name and address of all organizations in which the judge or his spouse was an officer, director, partner, employee or adviser, from which income was derived and the amount of income (includes other income for services rendered and not otherwise reported); capital gains from a single source other than the sale of a residence; the identity of each interest in real or personal property owned which had a fair market value of $10,000 or more and the amount of each such interest; the identity of liabilities of $5,000 or more owed by the judge or spouse; and the identity, source, and value of all gifts in the aggregate amount or value of $50 or more from any single source. Directs judges with no interests covered in this act to file a report so stating. Provides for removal from office for willful failure or refusal to file a report. Directs the Comptroller General to keep the sealed reports for seven years. Requires that the report be sent to either House of Congress after adoption of a resolution. Provides that the committee designated in the resolution shall examine the report in executive session unless further consideration is warranted, in which case the report may be made available to any committee member or staff member, for any use required for the discharge of his official duties. Provides that reports shall be returned to the judges after seven years or to their legal representatives. Directs the Comptroller General to report annually to congress the names of judges who have submitted reports.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 3, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on January 3, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
HAROLD GROSS (R-IA) introduced it on January 3, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 3, 1973, 19608 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19608 days ago, on January 3, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers