Circumstances requiring disqualification

(a) Anticorruption protections Subsection (b) of section 455 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) Where the justice or judge knows that a party to the proceeding or an affiliate of a party to the proceeding made any lobbying contact, as defined in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602), or spent substantial funds in support of the nomination, confirmation, or appointment of the justice or judge. (7) Where the justice or judge, their spouse, their minor child, or a privately held entity owned by any such person received income, a gift, or reimbursement, as those terms are defined in section 13101 of title 5— (A) from a party to the proceeding or an affiliate of a party to the proceeding; and (B) during the period beginning on the date that is 6 years before the date on which the justice or judge was assigned to the proceeding and ending on the date of final disposition of the proceeding.. (b) Duty To know Subsection (c) of section 455 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) A justice, judge, magistrate judge, or bankruptcy judge of the United States shall ascertain— (1) the personal and fiduciary financial interests of the justice or judge; (2) the personal financial interests of the spouse and minor children residing in the household of the justice or judge; and (3) any interest of the persons described in paragraph (2) that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding.. (c) Divestment Subsection (f) of section 455 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting under subsection (b)(4) after disqualified. (d) Duty To notify Section 455 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) If at any time a justice, judge, magistrate judge, or bankruptcy judge of the United States learns of a condition that could reasonably require disqualification under this section, the justice or judge shall immediately notify all parties to the proceeding.. (e) Technical and conforming amendments Section 455 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this section, is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking judge, or magistrate judge and inserting judge, magistrate judge, or bankruptcy judge; (2) in subsection (a), by striking judge, or magistrate judge and inserting judge, magistrate judge, or bankruptcy judge; (3) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the judge or such lawyer and inserting the justice, the judge, or such lawyer; (B) in paragraph (5)(iii), by inserting justice or before judge; and (C) in paragraph (5)(iv), by inserting justice’s or before judge’s; (4) in subsection (d)(4)(i), by inserting justice or before judge; and (5) in subsection (e), by striking judge, or magistrate judge and inserting judge, magistrate judge, or bankruptcy judge of the United States. (f) Public notice The rules of each court subject to section 455 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this section, shall be amended to require that the clerk shall publish timely notice on the website of the court of— (1) any matter in which a justice, judge, magistrate judge, or bankruptcy judge of the United States is disqualified under such section; (2) any matter in which the reviewing panel under section 1660 of title 28, United States Code, as added by section 5 of this Act, rules on a motion to disqualify; and (3) an explanation of each reason for the disqualification or ruling, which shall include a specific identification of each circumstance that resulted in such disqualification or ruling, but which shall not include any private or sensitive information deemed by a majority of the reviewing panel under section 1660 of title 28, United States Code, as added by section 5 of this Act, to be appropriate for redaction and unnecessary in order to provide the litigants and public a full understanding of the reasons for the disqualification or ruling.