119-s1143

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1143 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1143

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for penalties for the 
 unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or 
 employees of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 26, 2025

 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mrs. Blackburn) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for penalties for the 
 unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or 
 employees of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. OBSTRUCTION OF SUPREME COURT DELIBERATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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Sec. 1522. Obstruction of Supreme Court deliberations
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    (a) 

=== Definition. ===
-In this section, the term `confidential 
information' includes--
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    (1) internal notes taken by an employee of the Supreme 
 Court of the United States on cases heard by the Supreme Court;
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    (2) any communication between the Chief Justice of the 
 United States or an associate justice of the Supreme Court of 
 the United States and an employee or officer of the Supreme 
 Court;
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    (3) a communication between officers and employees of the 
 Supreme Court of the United States on a matter pending before 
 the Supreme Court;
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    (4) a draft opinion or a final opinion prior to the date 
 on which such opinion is released to the public;
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    (5) personal information of the Chief Justice of the 
 United States or an associate justice of the Supreme Court of 
 the United States that is not otherwise legally available to 
 the public; and
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    (6) any other information designated to be confidential 
 by the Chief Justice of the United States prior to the date on 
 which a violation of subsection

    (b) occurs.
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    (b) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person, while 
serving as an officer or employee of the Supreme Court, to knowingly 
publish, divulge, disclose, or make known in any manner or to any 
extent not authorized by law any confidential information coming to 
that officer or employee in the course of the employment or official 
duties of that officer or employee.
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            (c) Criminal Penalties.--
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    (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph

    (2) , any 
 individual who violates, or conspires to violate, subsection

    (b) shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years and fined under 
 this title.
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    (2) Internal notes.--Any individual who violates, or 
 conspires to violate, subsection

    (a) with confidential 
 information described in subsection

    (a)

    (1) shall be fined 
 $10,000.''.

    (b) Criminal Forfeiture.--

Section 982

    (a)

    (2)
        (B) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``1029, or 1030'' and inserting 
``1029, 1030, or 1522''.
            (c) Table of Contents.--The table of sections for chapter 73 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``1522. Obstruction of Supreme Court deliberations.''.
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