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What it doesSummary reported to house (Dec 31, 2020)
No President is Above the Law Act of 2020
This bill tolls (i.e., pauses) the statute of limitations for federal criminal offenses that are committed by the President or Vice President prior to or during their term of office. (Currently, most federal criminal offenses have a five-year statute of limitations.)
What just happenedDec 31, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 589.
Who’s behind it
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 589.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-705.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-705.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
No President is Above the Law Act of 2020
This bill tolls (i.e., pauses) the statute of limitations for federal criminal offenses that are committed by the President or Vice President prior to or during their term of office. (Currently, most federal criminal offenses have a five-year statute of limitations.)
No President is Above the Law Act
This bill tolls (i.e., pauses) the statute of limitations for federal criminal offenses that are committed by the President prior to or during their term of office. (Currently, most federal criminal offenses have a five-year statute of limitations.)