S. 475

Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

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One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America

1st Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one

S. 475

AN ACT

To amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act.

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Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday

Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to Memorial Day the following:

Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate