[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1756 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1756
To 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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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 10, 2019
Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To 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.
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 ``No President is Above the Law Act''.
SEC. 2. 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
offense committed during any period of time preceding such tenure in
office).''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendment 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.
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