H.R. 1059 · 112th Congress · enacted
To protect the safety of judges by extending the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports, and for other purposes.
Became Public Law No: 112-84.
Latest official action 2012-01-03 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on November 15, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Revises the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to extend until December 31, 2017, the Judicial Conference's authority to redact financial disclosure reports filed by a judicial officer or employee if it finds that revealing personal and sensitive information could endanger that individual or a family member of that individual.
Congressional Research Service · 2012-01-03
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.
No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Cosponsor
Steve Cohen
House · TN District 9 · Democratic
$308,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
House · GA District 4 · Democratic
$337,785PAC receipts · 2025–2026
2 of 2 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $10,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE$15,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$15,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordSMART TD PAC$14,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $10,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$13,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $3,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$12,500
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC$11,500
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $3,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $8,000
Official PAC recordACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordDELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordDELTA AIR LINES PAC$10,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordFEDEX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordMACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $2,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordTRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE$10,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $2,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordUAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW$10,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordDEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PAC$9,500
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $4,500
Official PAC recordCOX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC.$7,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordEMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC$7,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$7,500
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $2,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordSOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SWAPA PAC)$7,500
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordTHE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC)$7,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $2,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC)$7,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $3,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $7,000
Official PAC recordCOMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE$7,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)$7,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $7,000
Official PAC recordABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $6,500
Official PAC recordAFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)$6,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $6,500
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$6,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $3,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNUCOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $6,000
Official PAC recordUNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB$6,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordGENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC)$5,500
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $2,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordINTERDIGITAL, INC., PAC$5,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,500
Official PAC recordTURKISH AMERICAN COALITION PAC- TAC-PAC$5,500
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,500
Official PAC recordAIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$5,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $2,500
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordAMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA$5,000
Steve Cohen · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordBMI POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BMI PAC)$5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.
Measured outcome: not established
Enactment alone does not show whether a law improved its intended outcome. We need a dated evaluation, observed result or verified implementation record before claiming success or failure.