Eid Days Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8755 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8755

To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Eid Days as Federal 
                   holidays, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2024

 Mr. Carson (for himself, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
Meng, Ms. Omar, and Ms. Tlaib) 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 Eid Days as Federal 
                   holidays, 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 ``Eid Days Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING EID DAYS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Eid is a holiday of great importance to 3,500,000 
        Muslim Americans and approximately 1,800,000,000 Muslims around 
        the world.
            (2) Eid al-Adha is an Islamic holiday which commemorates 
        Abraham's symbolic sacrifice of his son to God, as referenced 
        in the Quran, Old Testament, and New Testament. Eid al-Adha 
        also marks the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, called Hajj.
            (3) Eid al-Adha falls on the tenth day of the twelfth month 
        of Dhul-Hijjah of the Islamic lunar (Hijra) calendar. The date 
        of Eid al-Adha shifts back approximately 10 to 12 days every 
        year on the Gregorian calendar.
            (4) Eid al-Fitr is an Islamic holiday which commemorates 
        the sighting of the new moon, signifying a month-long end to 
        fasting and reflection for all Muslim followers.
            (5) Eid al-Fitr falls on the first day of the tenth month 
        of Shawal of the Islamic lunar (Hijra) calendar. The date of 
        Eid al-Fitr shifts back approximately 10 to 12 days every year 
        on the Gregorian calendar.

SEC. 3. EID DAYS.

    Section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Each Eid Day is a legal public holiday.
            ``(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the Director of 
        the Office of Personnel Management shall--
                    ``(A) determine each Eid Day for each calendar 
                year; and
                    ``(B) make such determination publicly available on 
                a website of the Office of Personnel Management.
            ``(3) In this subsection, the term `Eid Day' means--
                    ``(A) the first day of Eid al-Adha; and
                    ``(B) the first day of Eid al-Fitr.''.
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