Pub. L. 117-272 - 21st Century President Act

117th Congress

Affects: 18 U.S.C. §§ 879

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”.

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3285:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):

June 21, considered and passed House.

Dec. 20, considered and passed Senate.