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HOUSE 677116th CongressReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

21st Century President Act

Last Action
7/11/2019

Actions

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

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CRS Summary

As of 2019-07-10 (53)

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."

Cosponsors (20)

  • ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
  • Debra Haaland (D-NM)
  • Darren Soto (D-FL)
  • SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
  • David Cicilline (D-RI)
  • Sean Maloney (D-NY)
  • Ro Khanna (D-CA)
  • Mark Takano (D-CA)
  • Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
  • Terri Sewell (D-AL)
  • Henry Johnson (D-GA)
  • Chris Pappas (D-NH)
  • Andy Levin (D-MI)
  • Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
  • Gwen Moore (D-WI)
  • Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
  • LLOYD DOGGETT (D-TX)
  • JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
  • Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)

Subjects

  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Protection of officials
  • Right of privacy
  • Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
  • Violent crime
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