No President is Above the Law Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 31, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 589.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 10, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No President is Above the Law Act of 2020
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.)
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 10, 2019 to Jul 20, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | May 10, 2019 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | May 10, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 23, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 23, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Aug 30, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 10, 2019Markup Jul 23, 2020Reported Dec 31, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 31, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-705.
- Dec 31, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 589.
- Jul 23, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 23, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
- May 10, 2019Introduced in House
- May 10, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 78, May 10, 2019, page H3728.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1756 | No President is Above the Law Act | Identical bill | Jun 10, 2019 |
| HR 8363 | Protecting Our Democracy Act | Related bill | Sep 23, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No President is Above the Law Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- No President is Above the Law Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 31, 2020Reported in House
- May 10, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
