Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

S. 4019 · 116th Congress · Jun 22, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday.

This Act may be cited as the “Juneteenth National Independence Day Act”.

Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to Memorial Day the following:

“Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19.”

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Jun 22, 2020viewing Introduced in Senate Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Booker, Ms. Harris, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Casey, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, Mr. Young, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Burr, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Collins, Ms. Warren, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Brown, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Coons, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Udall, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary