Lunar New Year Day Act

Lunar New Year Day Act

This bill establishes Lunar New Year Day as a federal holiday.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 430 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 430

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 20, 2023

   Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Bera, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. 
 Bowman, Mr. Carson, Ms. Chu, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Correa, Ms. Crockett, 
  Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
Espaillat, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Goldman of New 
York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Horsford, Ms. 
   Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
   Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. 
   Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
 McGovern, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
 Payne, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Ross, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. 
 Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. 
 Titus, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Trone, Ms. Velazquez, 
   Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                             Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Lunar New Year 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 ``Lunar New Year Day Act''.

SEC. 2. LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY.

    Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to the Birthday of Martin Luther 
King, Jr., the following:
            ``Lunar New Year Day.''.
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