Leaker Accountability Act of 2022
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 31, 2022
Last action Nov 1, 2022
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
lower
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
lower
May 31, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
May 31, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Smith
RRepublican
Co
Bob Good
RRepublican
Co
Burgess Owens
RRepublican
Co
Dan Bishop
RRepublican
Co
David B. McKinley
RRepublican
Co
Elise M. Stefanik
RRepublican
Co
Louie Gohmert
RRepublican
Co
Markwayne Mullin
RRepublican
Co
Mary E. Miller
RRepublican
Co
Scott Fitzgerald
RRepublican
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