Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act

S 5395, the Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act, creates two new offices within the Supreme Court to strengthen ethics oversight. The Office of Ethics Counsel advises justices and their spouses on financial disclosures, gift acceptance, conflicts of interest, and other ethics matters. The Office of Investigative Counsel reviews and investigates ethics complaints filed by congressional leaders, conducts investigations, and reports findings to the Chief Justice (or senior associate justice if the Chief is the subject), with results made available to Congress. The bill requires annual reporting to Congress on ethics advice provided and mandates biannual ethics training for justices, aiming to increase transparency and accountability in the Court's operations.