Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “No President is Above the Law Act of 2020”.
No President is Above the Law Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the tolling of the statute of limitations with regard to certain offenses committed by the President of the United States during or prior to tenure in office, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Tolling of statute of limitations
Offenses committed by the President or Vice President during or prior to tenure in office— Section 3282 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(c) Offenses committed by the President or Vice President during or prior to tenure in office—In the case of any person serving as President or Vice President of the United States, the duration of that person’s tenure in office shall not be considered for purposes of any statute of limitations applicable to any Federal criminal offense committed by that person (including any offenses committed during any period of time preceding such tenure in office).”
Applicability— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to any offense committed before the date of the enactment of this section, if the statute of limitations applicable to that offense had not run as of such date.