II 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2367 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 A BILL To strike the word lunatic from Federal law, and for other purposes.

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Short title

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

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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.