118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3534Justice is BLIND Act of 2023

To require justices, judges, magistrate judges, or bankruptcy judges and their spouses and dependent children to place certain assets into qualified blind trusts, and for other purposes.

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Introduced May 18, 2023
Last action May 18, 2023
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This bill requires a federal judge, as well as any spouse or dependent child of a federal judge, to place specified investments into a qualified blind trust (i.e., an arrangement in which certain financial holdings are placed in someone else's control to avoid a possible conflict of interest) until 180 days after the end of their tenure as a federal judge.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 2 actions
May 18, 2023
Introduced in House
May 18, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.