---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 147"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "147"
heading: "Choose Respect Day"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/147"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 1 — Patriotic and National Observances"
---

# §147. Choose Respect Day

- (a) **Designation.—** October 1 is Choose Respect Day.
- (b) **Recognition.—** All private citizens, organizations, and Federal, State, and local governmental and legislative entities are encouraged to recognize Choose Respect Day through proclamations, activities, and educational efforts in furtherance of changing the culture around the tolerance of violence against women.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title XIII, § 1310(b)(1), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 931, § 146; renumbered § 147, Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVIII, § 1804(a)(1)(A)(i), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 686.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2023—Pub. L. 118–31 renumbered section 146 of this title, relating to Choose Respect Day, as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.