[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 978 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 978

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 1999

  Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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 know 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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