Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Restoring Washington's Birthday Act of 2026”.
Restoring Washington's Birthday Act of 2026
A BILL
To amend section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, to change the date designated for Washington’s Birthday and designate Lincoln’s Birthday as a legal public holiday.
Sec. 2 Changes to legal public holidays
Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
by inserting after the item relating to the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the following:
“Lincoln’s Birthday.”
in the item relating to Washington’s Birthday, by striking “the third Monday in February” and inserting “February 22”.