---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 146"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "146"
heading: "National Atomic Veterans Day"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/146"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 1 — Patriotic and National Observances"
---

# §146. National Atomic Veterans Day


The President shall issue each year a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to—

- (1) observe Atomic Veterans Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities; and
- (2) remember and honor the atomic veterans of the United States whose brave service and sacrifice played an important role in the defense of the Nation.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1084(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1924.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Another section 146 of this title was renumbered section 147 of this title.