113 S2918 IS: Democracy Day Act of 2014 U.S. Senate 2014-11-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 113th CONGRESS2d Session S. 2918 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 12, 2014 Mr. Sanders introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To designate Federal election day as a public holiday.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Democracy Day Act of 2014.

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Federal election day as a public holiday

(a)

In general

Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the matter relating to Columbus Day, the following undesignated paragraph:Federal Election Day, the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year..(b)

Conforming amendment

Section 241(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20981(b)) is amended—(1)by striking paragraph (10); and(2)by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (19) as paragraphs (10) through (18), respectively.