[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2185 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2185

  To amend title 36, United States Code, to encourage the nationwide 
        observance of two minutes of silence each Veterans Day.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2013

   Mr. Lynch (for himself, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Hastings of 
   Florida, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
McGovern, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pocan, and Ms. Tsongas) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 36, United States Code, to encourage the nationwide 
        observance of two minutes of silence each Veterans Day.

    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 ``Veterans Day Moment of Silence 
Act''.

SEC. 2. OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS DAY.

    (a) Two Minutes of Silence.--Chapter 1 of title 36, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 145. Veterans Day
    ``The President shall issue each year a proclamation calling on the 
people of the United States to observe two minutes of silence on 
Veterans Day in honor of the service and sacrifice of veterans 
throughout the history of the Nation, beginning at--
            ``(1) 3:11 p.m. Atlantic standard time;
            ``(2) 2:11 p.m. eastern standard time;
            ``(3) 1:11 p.m. central standard time;
            ``(4) 12:11 p.m. mountain standard time;
            ``(5) 11:11 a.m. Pacific standard time;
            ``(6) 10:11 a.m. Alaska standard time; and
            ``(7) 9:11 a.m. Hawaii-Aleutian standard time.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 1 of 
title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``145. Veterans Day.''.
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