21st Century President Act
- Last Action
- 12/27/2022
Actions
- 2022-12-27Became Public Law No: 117-272.
- 2022-12-27Became Public Law No: 117-272.
- 2022-12-27Signed by President.
- 2022-12-27Signed by President.
- 2022-12-23Presented to President.
- 2022-12-23Presented to President.
- 2022-12-21Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2022-12-20Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9610)
- 2022-12-20Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- 2022-12-20Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- 2022-12-20Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- 2022-06-22Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2022-06-21Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2022-06-21On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5700)
- 2022-06-21Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
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CRS Summary
As of 2022-12-27 (49)
21st Century President Act
This act 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 the gender-neutral terms spouse and surviving spouse.
Cosponsors (20)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
- LLOYD DOGGETT (D-TX)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Andy Levin (D-MI)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Jackie Speier (D-CA)
- Van Taylor (R-TX)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- ADAM SMITH (D-WA)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
Subjects
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Protection of officials
- Right of privacy
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Violent crime
Became law: Pub. L. 117-272
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