I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 441 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 20, 2023 Mr. Timmons (for himself, Mr. Duncan , Mr. Fry , Mr. Norman , Mr. Aderholt , Mr. Smith of New Jersey , Mr. Guest , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , and Ms. Mace ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Leak and Lose Act of 2023 . 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 (including electronically) from a building in which the Supreme Court conducts business, 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. .