116 HR 677 RH: 21st Century President Act U.S. House of Representatives 2019-07-09 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.

IB Union Calendar No. 102 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 677 [Report No. 116–139] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 2019 Mr. Pocan (for himself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary July 9, 2019 Additional sponsors: Ms. Haaland, Mr. Soto, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Takano, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Moore, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Crist, Mr. Clay, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Craig, Ms. Speier, Mr. Welch, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rush, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Moulton, and Mr. Taylor July 9, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL 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.

July 9, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed