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112th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2367
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 25, 2012
Mr. Conrad (for himself and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To strike the word lunatic
from Federal
law, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the 21st Century Language Act of
2012
.
Modernization of language referring to persons who are mentally ill
Words denoting number, gender, and so forth
Section 1 of title 1, United States Code, is amended—
by striking
and
; andlunatic
by striking
lunatic,
.
Banking law provisions
Trust powers
The first section of the Act entitled An Act to
place authority over the trust powers of national banks in the Comptroller of
the Currency
, approved September 28, 1962 (12 U.S.C. 92a), is
amended—
in subsection
(a), by striking committee of estates of lunatics,
; and
in subsection
(b), by striking committee of estates of lunatics
.
Consolidation and mergers of banks
The National Bank Consolidation and Merger Act (12 U.S.C. 215 et seq.) is amended—
in section 2 (12 U.S.C. 215)—
in
subsection (e), by striking receiver, and committee of estates of
lunatics
and inserting and receiver
; and
in
subsection (f), by striking receiver, or committee of estates of
lunatics
and inserting or receiver
; and
in section 3 (12 U.S.C. 215a)—
in
subsection (e), by striking receiver, and committee of estates of
lunatics
and inserting and receiver
; and
in
subsection (f), by striking receiver, or committee of estates of
lunatics
and inserting or receiver
.
