21st Century President Act
Latest action · Dec 27, 2022 Became Public Law No: 117-272.
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 17, 2021
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2022
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2022
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2022
- Became lawDec 27, 2022Public Law 117-272
Summary
21st Century President Act
This act 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 the gender-neutral terms spouse and surviving spouse.
Cosponsors 52
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2021 to Jun 3, 2022; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Original | May 17, 2021 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | May 19, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jul 6, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 18, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 3, 2022 |
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 May 17, 2021Markup Jun 15, 2022Reported Jun 21, 2022 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Nov 9, 2021Discharged Jun 15, 2022 | |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2022Discharged Dec 21, 2022 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 27, 2022Signed by President.
- Dec 27, 2022Became Public Law No: 117-272.
- Dec 23, 2022Presented to President.
- Dec 21, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 20, 2022Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9610 | Martin Heinrich D-NM | Dec 20, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5700, H5701Text printed H5700 | David N. Cicilline D-RI, Jim Jordan R-OH, Mark Pocan D-WI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jun 21, 2022 |
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
- Jun 16, 2022H.R. 3285, 21st Century President ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 15, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 85, May 17, 2021, page H2421.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48076 | Motorized Recreation on Federal Lands | Report | May 29, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 677 | 21st Century President Act | Reintroduction of | Jul 11, 2019 |
Titles 8
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 Titles as Passed Senate
- 21st Century President Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- 21st Century President Act
- 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 ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- 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 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Jun 22, 2022Referred in Senate
- Jun 21, 2022Engrossed in House
- Jun 21, 2022Reported in House
- May 17, 2021Introduced 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.
