[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 934 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 934

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish election day in 
 Presidential election years as a legal public holiday, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2001

   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, 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 by 
inserting after the item relating to Columbus Day the following new 
item:
            ``Presidential Election Day, the Tuesday next after the 
        first Monday in November in 2004 and each fourth year 
        thereafter.''.

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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