Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

S. 475 · 117th Congress · Jun 17, 2021 · Lineage

AN ACT

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 17, 2021 Pub. L. 117–17 Enacted
Jun 17, 2021viewing Enrolled Bill See what changed
Jun 15, 2021 Engrossed in Senate See what changed
Feb 25, 2021 Introduced in Senate Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Burr, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Hawley, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Warren, Mr. Risch, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Young, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Casey, Ms. Collins, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Portman, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Warner, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. King, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Brown, Mr. Reed, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Luján, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary