[117th Congress Public Law 272] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [[Page 136 STAT. 4181]] Public Law 117-272 117th Congress An Act To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President's spouse. <<NOTE: Dec. 27, 2022 - [H.R. 3285]>> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: 21st Century President Act. 18 USC 1 note.>> SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century President Act''. SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION OF TERMS RELATING TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPOUSE OF A PRESIDENT. Section 879(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``the wife of a former President during his lifetime, the widow of a former President until her death or remarriage'' and inserting ``the spouse of a former President during a former President's lifetime, the surviving spouse of a former President until the surviving spouse's death or remarriage''. Approved December 27, 2022. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3285: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSE REPORTS: No. 117-380 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022): June 21, considered and passed House. Dec. 20, considered and passed Senate. <all>