[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3817 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3817

  To observe the lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 
                               pandemic.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2020

Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Coons, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
   Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Smith, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
   Kaine, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
    Tester, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Brown) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To observe the lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 
                               pandemic.

    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 ``COVID-19 Pandemic Moment of Silence 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

    The President shall issue a proclamation calling on the people of 
the United States to observe a moment of silence at 12:00 p.m. (local 
time) on Monday, June 1, 2020, as a mark of respect to the memory of 
the more than 100,000 lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-
19 pandemic, as well as their families.
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