Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Proper Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day Act”.
Proper Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day Act
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day shall be observed separately from Inauguration Day, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Separate dates for celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day
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:
“(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if by operation of subsection (c) Inauguration Day will be observed on the legal public holiday for the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., then the date for the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. under such subsection (a) shall be the Tuesday following the third Monday in January.”