116 HR 2678 IH: No President is Above the Law Act U.S. House of Representatives 2019-05-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I116th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2678IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 10, 2019Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Swalwell of California, and Mr. Deutch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the No President is Above the Law Act.

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Tolling of statute of limitations

(a)

Offenses committed by the President during or prior to tenure in office

Section 3282 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (c)

Offenses committed by the President during or prior to tenure in office

In the case of any person serving as President of the United States, the duration of that person’s tenure in office shall not be considered for purposes of any statute of limitations applicable to any Federal criminal offense committed by that person (including any offenses committed during any period of time preceding such tenure in office). . (b)

Applicability

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to any offense committed before the date of the enactment of this section, if the statute of limitations applicable to that offense had not run as of such date.