[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 63 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 63

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

  Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Watt, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
  Texas, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Norton, Ms. Carson, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
  Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Lee, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
Owens, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. Wynn) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To treat the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the 
    same manner as any 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 2005''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ELECTION DAY IN SAME MANNER AS LEGAL PUBLIC 
              HOLIDAY FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.

    For purposes of any law relating to Federal employment, the Tuesday 
next after the first Monday in November in 2008 and each even-numbered 
year thereafter shall be treated in the same manner as a legal public 
holiday described in section 6103 of title 5, United States Code.

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, 2013, 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 give their employees a day off on the Tuesday next after 
the first Monday in November in 2008 and each even-numbered year 
thereafter to enable the employees to cast votes in the elections held 
on that day.
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