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[S. 1004 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1004

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen


                                 An Act


 
   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.''.


                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.