105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1085
AN ACT
To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change cer-
tain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic
and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations,
as title 36, United States Code, ‘‘Patriotic and National
Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TITLE 36, UNITED STATES CODE.
Certain general and permanent laws of the United States, related to
patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations, are re-
vised, codified, and enacted as title 36, United States Code, ‘‘Patriotic and
National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations’’, as follows:
TITLE 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL
OBSERVANCES, 
CEREMONIES, 
AND
ORGANIZATIONS
SUBTITLE
Sec.
I.
PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES ....
101
II.
PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS .....................................
10101
III.
TREATY OBLIGATION ORGANIZATIONS ................................................
300101
SUBTITLE I—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL
OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES
PART A—OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES
CHAPTER
Sec.
1.
PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES ........................................
101
3.
NATIONAL ANTHEM, MOTTO, FLORAL EMBLEM, AND MARCH .....
301
5.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES .........................................
501
7.
FEDERAL PARTICIPATION IN CARL GARNER FEDERAL LANDS
CLEANUP DAY.
701
9.
MISCELLANEOUS .........................................................................................
901
PART B—UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
INVOLVED WITH OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES
21.
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION ................................
2101
23.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL ........................
2301
25.
PRESIDENT’S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
2501
PART A—OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES
CHAPTER 1—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES
Sec.
101.
American Heart Month.
102.
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
103.
Cancer Control Month.
104.
Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day.
105.
Child Health Day.
106.
Citizenship Day.
107.
Columbus Day.
108.
Constitution Week.
109.
Father’s Day.
110.
Flag Day.
111.
Gold Star Mother’s Day.
112.
Honor America Days.
113.
Law Day, U.S.A.
114.
Leif Erikson Day.
115.
Loyalty Day.
116.
Memorial Day.
117.
Mother’s Day.
118.
National Aviation Day.
119.
National Day of Prayer.
120.
National Defense Transportation Day.
121.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
122.
National Flag Week.
123.
National Forest Products Week.
124.
National Freedom Day.
125.
National Grandparents Day.
126.
National Hispanic Heritage Month.
127.
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.
128.
National Maritime Day.
129.
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
130.
National Poison Prevention Week.
131.
National Safe Boating Week.
132.
National School Lunch Week.
133.
National Transportation Week.
134.
Pan American Aviation Day.
135.
Parents’ Day.
136.
Peace Officers Memorial Day.
137.
Police Week.
138.
Save Your Vision Week.
139.
Steelmark Month.
140.
Stephen Foster Memorial Day.
141.
Thomas Jefferson’s birthday.
142.
White Cane Safety Day.
143.
Wright Brothers Day.
§ 101. American Heart Month
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating February as American Heart Month;
(2) inviting the chief executive officers of the States, territories,
and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations designating
February as American Heart Month; and
(3) urging the people of the United States to recognize the nation-
wide problem of heart and blood vessel diseases and to support all es-
sential programs required to solve the problem.
§ 102. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
(a) DESIGNATION.—May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
(b) PROCLAMATIONS.—The President is requested to issue each year
a proclamation calling on the people of the United States, and the chief ex-
ecutive officers of each State of the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau are requested
to issue each year proclamations calling on the people of their respective ju-
risdictions, to observe Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with appro-
priate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
§ 103. Cancer Control Month
(a) GENERAL.—The President is requested—
(1) to issue each year a proclamation designating April as Cancer
Control Month; and
(2) to invite each year the chief executive officers of the States,
territories, and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations
designating April as Cancer Control Month.
(b) CONTENTS OF PROCLAMATIONS.—As part of those proclamations,
the chief executive officers and President are requested to invite the medical
profession, the press, and all agencies and individuals interested in a na-
tional program for the control of cancer by education and other cooperative
means to unite during Cancer Control Month in a public dedication to the
program and in a concerted effort to make the people of the United States
aware of the need for the program.
§ 104. Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—The first Saturday after Labor Day is Carl Garner
Federal Lands Cleanup Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President shall issue a proclamation calling
on the people of the United States to observe Carl Garner Federal Lands
Cleanup Day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. How-
ever, activities may be undertaken in individual States on a day other than
the first Saturday after Labor Day if a manager of Federal land decides
that an alternative date is more appropriate because of climatological or
other factors.
§ 105. Child Health Day
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the first Monday in October as Child Health Day;
and
(2) inviting all agencies and organizations interested in child wel-
fare to unite on Child Health Day in observing exercises that will make
the people of the United States aware of the fundamental necessity of
a year-round program to protect and develop the health of the children
of the United States.
§ 106. Citizenship Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—September 17 is Citizenship Day.
(b) PURPOSE.—Citizenship Day commemorates the formation and sign-
ing on September 17, 1787, of the Constitution and recognizes all who, by
coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.
(c) PROCLAMATION.—The President may issue each year a proclama-
tion calling on United States Government officials to display the flag of the
United States on all Government buildings on Citizenship Day and inviting
the people of the United States to observe Citizenship Day, in schools and
churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies.
(d) STATE AND LOCAL OBSERVANCES.—The civil and educational au-
thorities of States, counties, cities, and towns are urged to make plans for
the proper observance of Citizenship Day and for the complete instruction
of citizens in their responsibilities and opportunities as citizens of the
United States and of the State and locality in which they reside.
§ 107. Columbus Day
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the 2d Monday in October as Columbus Day;
(2) calling on United States Government officials to display the
flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Columbus
Day; and
(3) inviting the people of the United States to observe Columbus
Day, in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate
ceremonies that express the public sentiment befitting the anniversary
of the discovery of America.
§ 108. Constitution Week
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating September 17–September 23 as Constitution
Week; and
(2) inviting the people of the United States to observe Constitu-
tion Week, in schools, churches, and other suitable places, with appro-
priate ceremonies and activities.
§ 109. Father’s Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—The 3d Sunday in June is Father’s Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue a proclama-
tion—
(1) calling on United States Government officials to display the
flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Father’s Day;
(2) inviting State and local governments and the people of the
United States to observe Father’s Day with appropriate ceremonies;
and
(3) urging the people of the United States to offer public and pri-
vate expressions of Father’s Day to the abiding love and gratitude they
have for their fathers.
§ 110. Flag Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—June 14 is Flag Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each year a
proclamation—
(1) calling on United States Government officials to display the
flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Flag Day;
and
(2) urging the people of the United States to observe Flag Day
as the anniversary of the adoption on June 14, 1777, by the Continen-
tal Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United
States.
§ 111. Gold Star Mother’s Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—The last Sunday in September is Gold Star Moth-
er’s Day.