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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.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the “21st Century President Act”.
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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.Cheryl L. Johnson,Clerk