US HB2678 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: Introduced on May 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-31 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 589.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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.)

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Title

No President is Above the Law Act of 2020

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History

DateChamberAction
2020-12-31HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 589.
2020-12-31HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-705.
2020-07-23HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended).
2020-07-23HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-05-10HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-05-10HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1756 (Same As) 2019-06-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB8363 (Related) 2020-09-23 - Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, the Budget, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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