H.R. 9786

Summary

H.R. 9786, the Judicial Integrity Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 20, 2026 by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) with 5 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jul 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 9786 has 5 co-sponsors.

119 HR 9786 IH: Judicial Integrity Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-07-20
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 9786  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 20, 2026   Ms. Kamlager-Dove  (for herself,  Mr. Goldman of New York ,  Mr. Johnson of Georgia ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mrs. Ramirez , and  Mr. Moulton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Judicial Integrity Act  .
2.
Acts affecting a personal financial interest
(a)
Judicial conflicts of interest
Section 208(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after  of the United States Government,  the following:  of the judicial branch of the United States Government (including a Federal judge or a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States), .
(b)
Regulatory waiver
Section 208(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (3), by striking  or  at the end;
(2)
in paragraph (4), by striking  parties.  and inserting  parties; or ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(5)
if, by regulation issued by the Judicial Conference of the United States applicable to all officers and employees of the judicial branch of the United States Government (including Federal judges and justices of the Supreme Court of the United States), with public notice and comment, the financial interest has been exempted from the requirements of subsection (a) as being too remote or too inconsequential to affect the integrity of the services of those officers and employees.
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To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests.

Sponsors

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) sponsors H.R. 9786, and 5 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove

Rep. · D–CA-37 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 20, 2026

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 20, 2026 · Original

Daniel Goldman

Rep. · D–NY-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 20, 2026 · Original

Henry Johnson

Rep. · D–GA-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 20, 2026 · Original

Seth Moulton

Rep. · D–MA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 20, 2026 · Original

Delia Ramirez

Rep. · D–IL-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 20, 2026 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 9786 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jul 20, 2026 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 9786 has taken 2 actions since Jul 20, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 9786 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 9786, as Identical bill.

S 5036Judicial Integrity ActJul 20, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 9786 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Judicial Integrity Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Judicial Integrity Act — Display Title
• To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 2 firms and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 9786 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Energy/Nuclear, Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear), Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Government Issues, Science/Technology, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 9786 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 9786’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 9786, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 118 (Monday, July 20, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE:H.R. 9786.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XI of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives, the following statement is submittedregarding the specific powers granted to Congress in theConstitution to enact the accompanying bill.This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted toCongress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl.1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and theNecessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1Sec. 8Cl. 18). Further,this statement of constitutional authority is made for thesole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of theRules of the House of Representatives and shall have nobearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.[Page H4682]

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