[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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