[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 126, 112th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 112-231
112th Congress

An Act


 
To strike the word ``lunatic'' from Federal law, and for other
purposes. <>

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <>
SECTION 1. <> SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Language Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION OF LANGUAGE REFERRING TO PERSONS WHO ARE
MENTALLY ILL.

(a) Words Denoting Number, Gender, and So Forth.--Section 1 of title
1, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and `lunatic' ''; and
(2) by striking ``lunatic,''.

(b) Banking Law Provisions.--
(1) 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--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``committee of
estates of lunatics,''; and
(B) in subsection (j), by striking ``committee of
estates of lunatics''.
(2) Consolidation and mergers of banks.--The National Bank
Consolidation and Merger Act (12 U.S.C. 215 et seq.) is
amended--
(A) in section 2 (12 U.S.C. 215)--
(i) in subsection (e), by striking ``receiver,
and committee of estates of lunatics'' and
inserting ``and receiver''; and
(ii) in subsection (f), by striking
``receiver, or committee of estates of lunatics''
and inserting ``or receiver''; and
(B) in section 3 (12 U.S.C. 215a)--
(i) in subsection (e), by striking ``receiver,
and committee of estates of lunatics'' and
inserting ``and receiver''; and

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(ii) in subsection (f), by striking
``receiver, or committee of estates of lunatics''
and inserting ``or receiver''.

Approved December 28, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2367:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012):
May 23, considered and passed Senate.
Dec. 5, considered and passed House.