[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2367 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2367

    To strike the word ``lunatic'' from Federal law, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2012

 Mr. Conrad (for himself and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To strike the word ``lunatic'' from Federal law, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Language Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION OF LANGUAGE REFERRING TO PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY 
              ILL.

    (a) Words Denoting Number, Gender, and So Forth.--Section 1 of 
title 1, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and `lunatic'''; and
            (2) by striking ``lunatic,''.
    (b) Banking Law Provisions.--
            (1) Trust powers.--The first section of the Act entitled 
        ``An Act to place authority over the trust powers of national 
        banks in the Comptroller of the Currency'', approved September 
        28, 1962 (12 U.S.C. 92a), is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``committee of 
                estates of lunatics,''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``committee of 
                estates of lunatics''.
            (2) Consolidation and mergers of banks.--The National Bank 
        Consolidation and Merger Act (12 U.S.C. 215 et seq.) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in section 2 (12 U.S.C. 215)--
                            (i) in subsection (e), by striking 
                        ``receiver, and committee of estates of 
                        lunatics'' and inserting ``and receiver''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (f), by striking 
                        ``receiver, or committee of estates of 
                        lunatics'' and inserting ``or receiver''; and
                    (B) in section 3 (12 U.S.C. 215a)--
                            (i) in subsection (e), by striking 
                        ``receiver, and committee of estates of 
                        lunatics'' and inserting ``and receiver''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (f), by striking 
                        ``receiver, or committee of estates of 
                        lunatics'' and inserting ``or receiver''.
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