What This Bill Does
This bill adds Lunar New Year Day as a federal holiday in the United States. The bill changes the federal law that lists official holidays that government employees observe.
Who It Affects
Not specified in bill text
Key Provisions
- Lunar New Year Day is added to the list of federal holidays found in title 5, United States Code, placed after Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (Sec. 2)
What Changes
Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code is amended to include Lunar New Year Day as a federal holiday.
Important Definitions
None defined
Effective Date
Not specified in bill text
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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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 20, 2023
Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BERA, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOW-
MAN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. CHU, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CORREA, Ms. CROCK-
ETT, 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. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR,
Ms. TITUS, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. TRONE, Ms.
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Accountability
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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lunar New Year Day
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY.
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Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
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amended by inserting after the item relating to the Birth-
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day of Martin Luther King, Jr., the following:
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‘‘Lunar New Year Day.’’.
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