HR 677 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

21st Century President Act

Introduced Jan 17, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Mark Pocan D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 11, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2019
  2. Passed HouseJul 10, 2019
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

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."

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2019 to Jul 9, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJan 17, 2019
D-NMDebra A. HaalandJan 24, 2019
D-FLDarren SotoJan 30, 2019
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeFeb 19, 2019
D-RIDavid N. CicillineFeb 22, 2019
D-CAMark TakanoFeb 22, 2019
D-CARo KhannaFeb 22, 2019
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyFeb 22, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinFeb 25, 2019
D-NHChris PappasFeb 26, 2019
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.Feb 26, 2019
D-ALTerri A. SewellFeb 26, 2019
D-MIAndy LevinFeb 28, 2019
D-NYAdriano EspaillatMar 5, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreMar 5, 2019
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Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 11, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  2. Jul 10, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5332-5334)
  3. Jul 10, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 677.
  4. Jul 10, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Jul 10, 2019Ms. Bass moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 11, 2019Referred in Senate
  2. Jul 10, 2019Engrossed in House
  3. Jul 9, 2019Reported in House
  4. Jan 17, 2019Introduced in House

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