Executive Mental Competency Protection Act of 2023
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413 words in original text
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the President's doctor to give the President a comprehensive cognitive evaluation (a thorough test of mental and thinking abilities) each year by January 1st. The results must be posted on the White House public website. If the President does not complete the evaluation on time, the President cannot use federal funds for travel for the rest of that year.
Who It Affects
The President of the United States and the President's physician.
Key Provisions
• The President's physician must conduct a comprehensive cognitive evaluation by January 1st of each fiscal year (Sec. 2(a)(1)).
• The evaluation must assess general intellect, reading and reading comprehension, language usage and understanding, attention and concentration, processing speed, learning and memory, reasoning, executive functions (the ability to plan and organize), visuospatial skills (understanding space and shapes), motor speed and dexterity (hand and body coordination), mood and personality, and memory retention (Sec. 2(a)(2)).
• The physician must make the evaluation results available on the White House public website, even though privacy laws normally protect medical information (Sec. 2(b)).
• If the President does not complete the evaluation by January 1st of any fiscal year, no federal funds can be used to pay for the President's travel for the rest of that year (Sec. 2(c)).
What Changes
The President becomes required to undergo an annual comprehensive cognitive evaluation and have the results publicly posted online. Failure to complete the evaluation on time stops the government from spending money on presidential travel.
Important Definitions
None defined in the bill text.
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