SALE OF PROPERTY BY JUDICIAL OFFICERS.

SEC. 418. SALE OF PROPERTY BY JUDICIAL OFFICERS.(a) In General.—Section 1043(b) (relating to the sale of property to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements) is amended—(1) in paragraph (1)—(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “, or a judicial officer,” after “an officer or employee of the executive branch”; and(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “judicial canon,” after “any statute, regulation, rule,”;(2) in paragraph (2)—(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “judicial canon,” after “any Federal conflict of interest statute, regulation, rule,”; and(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after “the Director of the Office of Government Ethics,” the following: “in the case of executive branch officers or employees, or by the Judicial Conference of the United States (or its designee), in the case of judicial officers,”; and(3) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting “judicial canon,” after “any statute, regulation, rule,”.(b) Judicial Officer Defined.—Section 1043(b) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(6) Judicial officer.—The term ‘judicial officer’ means the Chief Justice of the United States, the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and the judges of the United States courts of appeals, United States district courts, including the district courts in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Court of International Trade, Tax Court, Court of Federal 120 STAT. 2967 Claims, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and any court created by Act of Congress, the judges of which are entitled to hold office during good behavior.”.(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to sales after the date of enactment of this Act.