Contact Congress about H.R. 3513: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025

Supreme Court justices and other federal judges would face stricter ethics and conflict rules. The bill adds a complaint process, new recusal rules, and more disclosure about gifts, money, and lobbying tied to cases. It also makes more of that information public.

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Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Latest action on H.R. 3513: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects Supreme Court justices and other federal judges, because it gives them stricter ethics, gift, and recusal rules. It also directly affects people and groups involved in federal cases, especially parties, lawyers, and amicus filers, because they would have to make more disclosures. Court staff and judicial agencies would also have more reporting, audit, and review work.

Why this matters: This bill matters because judges decide major cases, and public trust can drop when people think a judge may have a conflict. The bill tries to make those conflicts easier to spot and harder to ignore by requiring more disclosure, clearer recusal rules, and a formal complaint system. It could give litigants and the public more information about judges' ties to donors, lobbyists, and outside groups. But the bill does not say exactly how much court behavior or case outcomes would change, so those effects are still uncertain.

Key provisions in H.R. 3513

• The Supreme Court would have to publish a public ethics code for its justices within 180 days. The Judicial Conference would have to do the same for federal appeals, district, bankruptcy, magistrate, and international trade judges.
• The Supreme Court would have to post the ethics codes, counselor rules, and related resolutions online. People must be able to read the full text, search it, sort it, and download it.
• People could file formal complaints about misconduct by Supreme Court justices. That includes breaking the ethics code, the federal recusal law in 28 U.S.C. 455, or other federal law.
• A five-judge panel would review those complaints. The judges would be picked at random from the chief judges of the federal circuit courts, and the panel could investigate, hold hearings, take sworn testimony, and issue subpoenas.
• The panel would have to give its findings and recommendations to the Supreme Court. It usually would also publish a report if it does not recommend throwing the complaint out.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 3513

What is H.R. 3513?

Supreme Court justices and other federal judges would face stricter ethics and conflict rules. The bill adds a complaint process, new recusal rules, and more disclosure about gifts, money, and lobbying tied to cases. It also makes more of that information public.

How do I support or oppose H.R. 3513?

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Who should I contact about H.R. 3513?

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