Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act Public Law 114–240 Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act 240 114–240 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act 12212 114 2016-10-07 Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act [(Public Law 114–240)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 114-240. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [36 U.S.C. 101 note] 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:
“§ 145. [36 U.S.C. 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. .