No President is Above the Law Act

Bill: 116-s-1756
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-06-10
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: 2019-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1756 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 10, 2019 Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 offense committed during any period of time preceding such tenure in office). . (b) Applicability The amendment 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.