Tolling of statute of limitations

(a) 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 in the office of President or Vice President, the duration of that person’s tenure in such office shall not be considered for purposes of any period of limitations applicable to any Federal criminal offense committed by that person (including any offense committed during any period of time preceding such tenure in office).. (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any offense committed before the date of enactment of this section, if the period of limitations applicable to that offense had not run as of such date. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the indictment or prosecution of a person serving in the office of President or Vice President, during that person's tenure in such office, for a violation of the criminal laws of the United States.