H.R. 5720Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act

1 recorded action234 of these members are on the 2026 ballotWhat the measure does Read on Congress.gov

Sponsor: Deborah K. Ross [D-NC-02]
Cosponsors: 7 · 4 Democrats · 3 Republicans
Policy area: Law
Committee: Judiciary Committee
Latest action: Dec 2, 2021 · Received in the Senate.

IntroducedOct 25, 2021
Passed the HouseDec 1, 2021
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill requires federal judicial officers to file periodic transaction reports disclosing certain securities transactions. The bill also requires online publication of judicial financial disclosure reports.

Specifically, the bill requires federal judicial officers to file reports within 45 days after a purchase, sale, or exchange that exceeds $1,000 in stocks, bonds, commodities futures, and other forms of securities.

Additionally, the bill directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a searchable internet database of judicial financial disclosure reports. The office must, within 90 days of the date by which a report must be filed, make the report available on the database in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format.

The bill does not require the immediate and unconditional availability of reports filed by a judicial officer or employee if the Judicial Conference finds that revealing personal and sensitive formation could endanger that individual or a family member of that individual.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5720 as passed House on Dec 1, 2021. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 392

House Dec 1, 2021

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

422 Yea 4 Nay 7 not voting

Crossed both parties 4 of 426 voting members broke with their own party: 4 Republicans.

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How the chamber split

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All members433 members

Democratic220 members

Republican213 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors7 · 4 Democrats · 3 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5720 and vote against it. 4 signed when it was filed.

RDarrell Issa [R-CA-50]Original

DHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. [D-GA-04]Original2026 profile

DJerrold Nadler [D-NY-10]Original

RChip Roy [R-TX-21]Original

DSHEILA JACKSON LEE [D-TX-18]Joined Nov 15, 2021

RRalph Norman [R-SC-05]Joined Nov 15, 2021

DSylvia R. Garcia [D-TX-29]Joined Nov 30, 20212026 profile

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H.R. 5720Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 392

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors7 · 4 Democrats · 3 Republicans

H.R. 5720Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 392

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors7 · 4 Democrats · 3 Republicans

Who lobbied on H.R. 57204 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 57204 organizations