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H.R.2678

H.R.2678: No President is Above the Law Act of 2020

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Introduced May 10, 2019
Latest Major Action Dec. 31, 2020

Bill Sponsor

Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

Bill Cosponsors

25 (All Democrats)

Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.)
Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Donald Beyer (D-Va.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.)
Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.)
Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Denny Heck (D-Wash.)
Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-N.J.)
Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)
Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)
Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)
Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)
Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.)
Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)
Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.)
Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)
David Cicilline (D-R.I.)
Veronica Escobar (D-Texas)

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Introduced in House - May 10, 2019

Bill Summary

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.)

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Bill Actions

Date	Description
July 23, 2020	Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
July 23, 2020	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 10, 2019	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 10, 2019	Introduced in the House by Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

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