PL-117-272 Public Law 117-272 US

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Preamble

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''.

Section 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.

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