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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 2169 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2169

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Martin Luther 
 King, Jr. Day shall be observed separately from Inauguration Day, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2025

Mr. Barrett (for himself and Mr. Meeks) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Martin Luther 
 King, Jr. Day shall be observed separately from Inauguration Day, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Proper Celebration of Martin Luther 
King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day Act''.

SEC. 2. SEPARATE DATES FOR CELEBRATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY 
              AND INAUGURATION DAY.

    Section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if by operation of subsection 
(c) Inauguration Day will be observed on the legal public holiday for 
the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., then the date for the Birthday 
of Martin Luther King, Jr. under such subsection (a) shall be the 
Tuesday following the third Monday in January.''.
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