[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 2367 Referred in House (RFH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2367


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2012

  Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 AN ACT


 
    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''.

            Passed the Senate May 23, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                NANCY ERICKSON,

                                                             Secretary.