Lunar New Year Day Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 794 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 794

 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 28, 2025

   Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Bera, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
   Carson, Ms. Chu, Mr. Connolly, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. 
Dingell, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Goldman of New 
   York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Johnson of 
 Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Lieu, 
Ms. Matsui, Mr. Min, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Ross, Ms. 
Sanchez, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Takano, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, 
   Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Tran, Ms. 
Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                         and Government Reform

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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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