Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Bill: 116-s-4019
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-06-22
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Racial and ethnic relations

U.S. history
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Juneteenth National Independence Day Act</b></p> <p>This bill designates Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19, as a legal public holiday.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4019 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 22, 2020 Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Smith , Mr. Booker , Ms. Harris , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Casey , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Hawley , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Gardner , Mr. Sanders , Mrs. Capito , Mr. King , Mr. Young , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Burr , Mr. Kaine , Ms. Collins , Ms. Warren , Ms. Ernst , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Brown , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Baldwin , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Coons , Mr. Wyden , Ms. Klobuchar , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Durbin , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Menendez , Mrs. Murray , Ms. Hassan , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Risch , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Udall , Mr. Scott of South Carolina , Mr. Heinrich , and Mr. Peters ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act . 2. 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. .