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.
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the concealment, 
removal, or mutilation of a Supreme Court opinion or draft opinion, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Leak and Lose Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. CONCEALMENT, REMOVAL, OR MUTILATION OF SUPREME COURT OPINION OR 
              DRAFT OPINION.

    Section 2071 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, 
mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with 
intent to do so takes and carries away any opinion or draft opinion of 
a case being heard by the Supreme Court, prior to the date on which 
such opinion is published by the Supreme Court, shall be fined $5000, 
and if applicable, shall forfeit their admission to all Federal courts 
and shall be ineligible for admission to a Federal court for the 
remainder of their life.''.
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Leak and Lose Act of 2022
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the concealment, removal, or mutilation of a Supreme Court opinion or draft opinion, and for other purposes.
Leak and Lose Act of 2022
Rep. Timmons, William R. IV