---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 148"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "148"
heading: "U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/148"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 1 — Patriotic and National Observances"
---

# §148. U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day

- (a) **Designation.—** March 9 is U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day.
- (b) **Proclamation.—** The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVIII, § 1804(a)(1)(A)(ii), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 686.)