S.Amdt. 1666

SA 1666. Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Markey,
Mr. Manchin, and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R.
1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military
activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. 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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