[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 726 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 726

To treat the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November as a legal 
   public holiday for purposes of Federal employment, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 27, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To treat the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November as a legal 
   public holiday for purposes of Federal employment, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Democracy Day Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ELECTION DAY IN SAME MANNER AS OTHER FEDERAL 
              HOLIDAYS.

    The Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2004 and in 
each even-numbered year thereafter shall be treated as a legal public 
holiday for purposes of statutes relating to pay and leave of Federal 
employees.

SEC. 3. STUDY BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF IMPACT ON VOTER PARTICIPATION.

    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of 
the impact of section 2 on voter participation.
    (b) Report.--Not later than May 1, 2009, the Comptroller General 
shall submit a report to Congress and the President on the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a).

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DAY BY PRIVATE 
              EMPLOYERS.

    It is the sense of Congress that private employers in the United 
States should provide their employees with flexibility on the Tuesday 
next after the first Monday in November in 2004 and in each even-
numbered year thereafter to enable the employees to cast votes in the 
elections held on that day.
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