21st Century President Act
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.
- IntroducedJan 17, 2019
- Passed HouseJul 10, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 17, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Jan 24, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jan 30, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Feb 28, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 5, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 17, 2019Markup Jun 12, 2019Reported Jul 9, 2019 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 4, 2019 | |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2019 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jul 10, 2019Ms. Bass moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 10, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5332-5334)
- Jul 10, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 677.
- Jul 10, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5332)
- Jul 10, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 9, 2019Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-139.
- Jul 9, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 102.
- Jun 12, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 12, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 4, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jan 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 17, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5332–H5334Text printed H5332 | Doug Collins R-GA, Karen Bass D-CA, Mark Pocan D-WI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jul 10, 2019 |
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 10, 2019H.R. 677, 21st Century President ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 12, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H720.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3285 | 21st Century President Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 27, 2022 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President's spouse.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- 21st Century President Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- 21st Century President Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- 21st Century President Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- 21st Century President Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2019Referred in Senate
- Jul 10, 2019Engrossed in House
- Jul 9, 2019Reported in House
- Jan 17, 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.
