HR 7713 United States House · 117th Congress

Leak and Lose Act of 2022

Summary
Leak and Lose Act of 2022 This bill establishes federal criminal offenses for acts involving the concealment, removal, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion of the Supreme Court before it is published. Specifically, the bill prohibits the willful and unlawful (1) concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion; (2) attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy an opinion or draft opinion; and (3) taking or carrying away of an opinion or draft opinion with the intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy. An individual who violates the prohibition is subject to a $5,000 fine and, if applicable, the permanent forfeiture of his or her admission to federal courts for the practice of law.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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May 2022
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Introduced May 10, 2022 Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Nov 1, 2022
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 1, 2022
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
May 10, 2022
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 10, 2022
House · Introduced
Introduced in House
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors

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