[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1363 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1363

To specify that the legal public holiday known as Washington's Birthday 
                         be called by the name.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 1999

   Mr. Bartlett of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Castle, Mr. Weldon of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. English, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Linder, Mrs. 
Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Markey, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Spence, Mr. Bass, 
Mr. Bliley, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Goode, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Coble, 
Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Chenoweth, 
Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, and Mr. Martinez) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To specify that the legal public holiday known as Washington's Birthday 
                         be called by the name.

    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 ``George Washington, Bicentennial Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

    The legal public holiday known as ``Washington's Birthday'' as 
specified in section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
referred to by that name and no other--
            (1) by all entities and officials of the United States 
        Government; and
            (2) whenever it appears in any federally funded 
        publications.
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