21st Century President Act

To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President's spouse.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary

21st Century President Act

This bill revises the definition of "immediate family" for purposes of a criminal offense involving a threat to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm on a former President or a member of the immediate family of a former President.

Specifically, it replaces gender-specific references to a former President's "wife" and "widow" with gender-neutral terms "spouse" and "surviving spouse."

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Legislative Actions

2019-01-17
Introduced in House
2019-01-17
Introduced in House
2019-01-17
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-03-04
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-06-12
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-06-12
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2019-07-09
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-139.
2019-07-09
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-139.
2019-07-09
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 102.
2019-07-10
Ms. Bass moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2019-07-10
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5332-5334)
2019-07-10
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 677.
2019-07-10
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5332)
2019-07-10
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5332)
2019-07-10
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-07-11
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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