No President is Above the Law Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-2678
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2019-05-10
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 589.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No President is Above the Law Act</b></p> <p>This bill tolls (i.e., pauses) the statute of limitations for federal criminal offenses that are committed by the President prior to or during their term of office. (Currently, most federal criminal offenses have a five-year statute of limitations.)</p>

action_date: 2020-12-31
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>No President is Above the Law Act</b><b> of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill tolls (i.e., pauses) the statute of limitations for federal criminal offenses that are committed by the President or Vice President prior to or during their term of office. (Currently, most federal criminal offenses have a five-year statute of limitations.)</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2678 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2019 Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Swalwell of California , and Mr. Deutch ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the tolling of the statute of limitations with regard to certain offenses committed by the President of the United States during or prior to tenure in office, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No President is Above the Law Act . 2. Tolling of statute of limitations (a) Offenses committed by the President during or prior to tenure in office Section 3282 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Offenses committed by the President during or prior to tenure in office In the case of any person serving as President of the United States, the duration of that person’s tenure in office shall not be considered for purposes of any statute of limitations applicable to any Federal criminal offense committed by that person (including any offenses committed during any period of time preceding such tenure in office). . (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to any offense committed before the date of the enactment of this section, if the statute of limitations applicable to that offense had not run as of such date.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 589 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2678 [Report No. 116–705] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2019 Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Swalwell of California , and Mr. Deutch ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary December 31, 2020 Additional sponsors: Ms. Norton , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Morelle , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Heck , Mr. Payne , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Quigley , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. DeFazio , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Neal , Mr. Cicilline , and Ms. Escobar December 31, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 10, 2019 A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the tolling of the statute of limitations with regard to certain offenses committed by the President of the United States during or prior to tenure in office, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No President is Above the Law Act of 2020 . 2. Tolling of statute of limitations (a) Offenses committed by the President or Vice President during or prior to tenure in office Section 3282 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Offenses committed by the President or Vice President during or prior to tenure in office In the case of any person serving as President or Vice President of the United States, the duration of that person’s tenure in office shall not be considered for purposes of any statute of limitations applicable to any Federal criminal offense committed by that person (including any offenses committed during any period of time preceding such tenure in office). . (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to any offense committed before the date of the enactment of this section, if the statute of limitations applicable to that offense had not run as of such date.

December 31, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed