Sec. 414. Action by judicial council in response to misconduct by judges
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Section 354 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the following: If the conduct of a retired judge is the subject of the complaint, action by the judicial council under paragraph (1)(C) may include— censuring or reprimanding the judge by means of public announcement; and reducing or rescinding the nonvested pension benefits of the retired judge. In this subparagraph, the term covered judge does not include a retired judge. If the conduct of a covered judge is the subject of the complaint, action by the judicial council under paragraph (1)(C) may include mandating that the covered judge participate in professional counseling, treatment, education, or mentoring to address the misconduct at issue. ; and by adding at the end the following:
Each chief judge of the circuit shall submit to the Judicial Conference of the United States an annual report on, with respect to the previous year— the number of complaints filed under section 351 against judges in the circuit; and the outcome of the complaints described in subparagraph (A). The Judicial Conference of the United States shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives each report submitted under paragraph (1).
No later than 30 days after submitting to Congress each report under paragraph (1), the Judicial Conference of the United States shall make the report available to the public. .