[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5671 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5671

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish election day in 
  Presidential election years as a legal public holiday by moving the 
  legal public holiday known as Veterans Day to election day in such 
                     years, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2000

   Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish election day in 
  Presidential election years as a legal public holiday by moving the 
  legal public holiday known as Veterans Day to election day in such 
                     years, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTION DAY IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEARS 
              AS A LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

    Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``the Tuesday next after the first Monday 
        in November in 2004 and each fourth year thereafter, and'' 
        after ``Veterans Day,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``in any other year'' after ``November 
        11''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DAY BY PRIVATE 
              EMPLOYERS.

    It is the sense of Congress that private employers in the United 
States should give their employees a day off on the Tuesday next after 
the first Monday in November in 2004 and each fourth year thereafter to 
enable the employees to cast votes in the Presidential and other 
elections held on that day.
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