Executive Mental Competency Protection Act of 2023

Subjects: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:  <p><strong>Executive Mental Competency Protection Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the physician to the President to conduct a comprehensive cognitive evaluation of the President by January 1st of each fiscal year and make the results available on the White House public website.</p> <p>If a President fails to complete such evaluation by that date, during the remainder of the fiscal year no federal funds may be obligated or expended for presidential travel.</p>

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1528 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1528

 To require the President to receive an annual comprehensive cognitive 
                  evaluation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2023

  Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the President to receive an annual comprehensive cognitive 
                  evaluation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Executive Mental Competency 
Protection Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE EVALUATION OF THE PRESIDENT.

    (a) Evaluation.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than January 1 of each fiscal 
        year, the physician to the President shall conduct a 
        comprehensive cognitive evaluation of the President.
            (2) Requirements.--Any evaluation under paragraph (1) shall 
        include an assessment of the following:
                    (A) General intellect.
                    (B) Reading and reading comprehension.
                    (C) Language usage and understanding.
                    (D) Attention and concentration.
                    (E) Processing speed.
                    (F) Learning and memory.
                    (G) Reasoning.
                    (H) Executive functions.
                    (I) Visuospatial skills.
                    (J) Motor speed and dexterity.
                    (K) Mood and personality.
                    (L) Memory retention
    (b) Report.--Notwithstanding the HIPAA privacy regulations (as 
defined in section 1180(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320d-9(b)(3))), the physician to the President shall make the results 
of any evaluation conducted under subsection (a) available on the White 
House public website.
    (c) Limitation on Funds for Noncompliance.--If a President fails to 
complete the comprehensive cognitive evaluation by January 1 of any 
fiscal year as required by subsection (a), during the remainder of such 
fiscal year no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for travel of 
the President.
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