H.R. 677 · 116th Congress
21st Century President Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Mark Pocan
- Introduced
- 2019-01-17
- Latest action
- 2019-07-11 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
21st Century President Act
This bill revises the definition of "immediate family" 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.
Specifically, it replaces gender-specific references to a former President's "wife" and "widow" with gender-neutral terms "spouse" and "surviving spouse."