H.R. 3285

21st Century President Act

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One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America

At the Second Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two

H. R. 3285

AN ACT

To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President’s spouse.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the “21st Century President Act”.

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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.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.