One President at a Time Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6511
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2016-12-08
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>One President at a Time Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that the President-elect, or a person acting on behalf of the President-elect, is subject to the prohibition against unauthorized correspondence with a foreign government about a dispute or controversy with the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6511 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 8, 2016 Mr. Huffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend section 953 of title 18, United States Code (commonly called the Logan Act) to clarify the application of that section to Presidents-elect.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the One President at a Time Act of 2016 . 2. Logan Act amendment Section 953 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph the following: For the purposes of this section, a President-elect, or anyone acting on that President-elect’s behalf, is subject to the prohibitions of this section. .