Honoring Our Veterans By Exercising The Right To Vote On Veterans Day Act

Bill: 113-hr-5851
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-12-11
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-12-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Honoring Our Veterans By Exercising The Right To Vote On Veterans Day Act - Moves Veterans Day from November 11 to the Tuesday after the first Monday in November each year.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5851 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2014 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To designate Veterans Day as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honoring Our Veterans By Exercising The Right To Vote On Veterans Day Act . 2. Addition of election day as a legal public holiday Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The following are legal public holidays: New Year’s Day, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third Monday in January. Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. Independence Day, July 4. Labor Day, the first Monday in September. Columbus Day, the second Monday in October. Veterans Day, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November. Christmas Day, December 25. .