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AN ACTTo 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 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. [5 U.S.C. 101 note] SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Juneteenth National Independence Day Act”.
SEC. 2. JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY AS A LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY. Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to Memorial Day the following:“Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19.”.