June 1, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 101 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages S2633-S2634]
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          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
        Coons, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Bennet, 
        Ms. Smith, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. 
        Shaheen, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, Mr. Tester, Mr. Markey, Mrs. 
        Feinstein, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Booker)):
  S. 3846. A bill to observe the lives lost in the United States due to 
the COVID-19 pandemic; considered and passed.

                                S. 3846

       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 ``COVID-19 Pandemic Moment of 
     Silence Act''.

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     SEC. 2. MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE COVID-19 
                   PANDEMIC.

       The President shall issue a proclamation calling on the 
     people of the United States to observe a moment of silence at 
     12:00pm (local time) on Monday, June 1, 2020, as a mark of 
     respect to the memory of the more than 100,000 lives lost in 
     the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and their 
     families.

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