[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1320 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1320

     To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Juneteenth 
     Independence Day as a Federal holiday, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2021

Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Meng, Ms. 
 Clarke of New York, Mr. Welch, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
 Kildee, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Beyer, 
   Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Williams of 
   Georgia, Mr. Trone, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. McNerney, Ms. 
   DeGette, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Neguse, Ms. 
 Speier, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Wilson of Florida, 
Ms. McCollum, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Higgins of New 
    York, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. David Scott of 
 Georgia, Ms. Titus, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. 
   Raskin, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Adams, Mr. 
  Jones, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Lawson of 
  Florida, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. 
    Yarmuth, Mr. Payne, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Costa, Mr. 
  Horsford, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. 
Pingree, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Evans, Mr. Rush, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Garcia of 
Texas, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Wild, Mrs. Demings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. 
  Price of North Carolina, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. 
Lowenthal, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Weber of Texas, Ms. Dean, Mr. 
 Casten, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Carson, 
Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Sires, and Mr. Danny 
K. Davis of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Juneteenth 
     Independence Day as a Federal holiday, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Juneteenth National Independence Day 
Act''.

SEC. 2. JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY.

    Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to Memorial Day the following:
            ``Juneteenth Independence Day.''.
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