21st Century President Act

Bill: 116-hr-677
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-17
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Protection of officials

Right of privacy

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>21st Century President Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the definition of &quot;immediate family&quot; 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.</p> <p>Specifically, it replaces gender-specific references to a former President's &quot;wife&quot; and &quot;widow&quot; with gender-neutral terms &quot;spouse&quot; and &quot;surviving spouse.&quot;</p>

action_date: 2019-07-09
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>21st Century President Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the definition of &quot;immediate family&quot; 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.</p> <p>Specifically, it replaces gender-specific references to a former President's &quot;wife&quot; and &quot;widow&quot; with gender-neutral terms &quot;spouse&quot; and &quot;surviving spouse.&quot;</p>

action_date: 2019-07-10
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>21st Century President Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the definition of &quot;immediate family&quot; 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.</p> <p>Specifically, it replaces gender-specific references to a former President's &quot;wife&quot; and &quot;widow&quot; with gender-neutral terms &quot;spouse&quot; and &quot;surviving spouse.&quot;</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 677 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 2019 Mr. Pocan (for himself and Ms. Norton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President’s spouse.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the “ 21st Century President Act ”. 2. Modernization of terms relating to the President and the spouse of a President Section 879(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the wife of a former President during his lifetime, the widow of a former President until her death or remarriage and inserting the spouse of a former President during a former President’s lifetime, the surviving spouse of a former President until the surviving spouse’s death or remarriage .

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 677 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President’s spouse.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the “ 21st Century President Act ”. 2. Modernization of terms relating to the President and the spouse of a President Section 879(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the wife of a former President during his lifetime, the widow of a former President until her death or remarriage and inserting the spouse of a former President during a former President’s lifetime, the surviving spouse of a former President until the surviving spouse’s death or remarriage .

Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2019. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 677 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President’s spouse.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the “ 21st Century President Act ”. 2. Modernization of terms relating to the President and the spouse of a President Section 879(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the wife of a former President during his lifetime, the widow of a former President until her death or remarriage and inserting the spouse of a former President during a former President’s lifetime, the surviving spouse of a former President until the surviving spouse’s death or remarriage .

Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 102 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 677 [Report No. 116–139] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 2019 Mr. Pocan (for himself and Ms. Norton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary July 9, 2019 Additional sponsors: Ms. Haaland , Mr. Soto , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Takano , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Mr. Espaillat , Ms. Moore , Mr. Deutch , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Doggett , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Lowenthal , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Crist , Mr. Clay , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Pallone , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Craig , Ms. Speier , Mr. Welch , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Frankel , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Payne , Mr. Rush , Mrs. Dingell , Ms. Shalala , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Moulton , and Mr. Taylor July 9, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President’s spouse.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the “ 21st Century President Act ”. 2. Modernization of terms relating to the President and the spouse of a President Section 879(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the wife of a former President during his lifetime, the widow of a former President until her death or remarriage and inserting the spouse of a former President during a former President’s lifetime, the surviving spouse of a former President until the surviving spouse’s death or remarriage .

July 9, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed