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21st Century President Act
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H. R. 677 (Referred-in-Senate)


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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “21st Century President Act”.

SEC. 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.

    Attest:cheryl l. johnson,   
    Clerk