Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act

Indigenous Peoples' Day Act

This bill designates Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday in lieu of Columbus Day.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5822 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5822

  To designate Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday and 
 replace the term ``Columbus Day'' with the term ``Indigenous Peoples' 
                     Day'', and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2023

   Mrs. Torres of California (for herself, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. 
  DelBene, and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
  To designate Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday and 
 replace the term ``Columbus Day'' with the term ``Indigenous Peoples' 
                     Day'', 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 ``Indigenous Peoples' Day Act''.

SEC. 2. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY AS A LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

    Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to Columbus Day and inserting the following:
            ``Indigenous Peoples' Day, the second Monday in October.''.

SEC. 3. TERM ``COLUMBUS DAY'' REPLACED.

    Any reference to ``Columbus Day'' in any law, rule, regulation, or 
other official paper in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act shall be deemed to be a reference to ``Indigenous Peoples' Day''.
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