Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Leaker Accountability Act of 2022 This bill establishes a new federal crime for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employees of the Supreme Court. Specifically, the bill prohibits an officer or employee of the Supreme Court from knowingly publishing, divulging, disclosing, or making 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. A violation is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Law
Employee performanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionSupreme Court
Leaker Accountability Act of 2022
USA117th CongressHR-7917| House
| Updated: 11/1/2022
Leaker Accountability Act of 2022 This bill establishes a new federal crime for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employees of the Supreme Court. Specifically, the bill prohibits an officer or employee of the Supreme Court from knowingly publishing, divulging, disclosing, or making 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. A violation is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee
Law
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Employee performanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionSupreme Court