Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Eid Days Act”.
Eid Days Act
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Eid Days as Federal holidays, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Sense of Congress regarding Eid Days
Congress finds the following:
Eid is a holiday of great importance to 3,500,000 Muslim Americans and approximately 1,800,000,000 Muslims around the world.
Eid al-Adha is an Islamic holiday which commemorates Abraham’s symbolic sacrifice of his son to God, as referenced in the Quran, Old Testament, and New Testament. Eid al-Adha also marks the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, called Hajj.
Eid al-Adha falls on the tenth day of the twelfth month of Dhul-Hijjah of the Islamic lunar (Hijra) calendar. The date of Eid al-Adha shifts back approximately 10 to 12 days every year on the Gregorian calendar.
Eid al-Fitr is an Islamic holiday which commemorates the sighting of the new moon, signifying a month-long end to fasting and reflection for all Muslim followers.
Eid al-Fitr falls on the first day of the tenth month of Shawal of the Islamic lunar (Hijra) calendar. The date of Eid al-Fitr shifts back approximately 10 to 12 days every year on the Gregorian calendar.
Sec. 3 Eid Days
Section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:
“(d)
“(1) Each Eid Day is a legal public holiday.
“(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall—
“(A) determine each Eid Day for each calendar year; and
“(B) make such determination publicly available on a website of the Office of Personnel Management.
“(3) In this subsection, the term “Eid Day” means—
“(A) the first day of Eid al-Adha; and
“(B) the first day of Eid al-Fitr.”