Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4019 To amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 22, 2020 Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. SMITH, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. COR- NYN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. KING, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BURR, Mr. KAINE, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. WARREN, Ms. ERNST, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. BROWN, Mr. VAN HOL- LEN, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. KLO- BUCHAR, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. CANT- WELL, Mr. BENNET, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. RISCH, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. UDALL, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. HEINRICH, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re- ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juneteenth National 4 Independence Day Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:19 Jun 30, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4019.IS S4019 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4019 IS SEC. 2. JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY AS A 1 LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY. 2 Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 3 amended by inserting after the item relating to Memorial 4 Day the following: 5 ‘‘Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 6 19.’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:19 Jun 30, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4019.IS S4019 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS