Lunar New Year Day Act

Bill: 117-hr-6525
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2022-01-28
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Asia

Commemorative events and holidays
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Lunar New Year Day Act</strong></p> <p>This bill establishes Lunar New Year Day as a federal holiday. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6525 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2022 Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Bourdeaux , Mr. Bowman , Mr. Carson , Mr. Case , Ms. Chu , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Correa , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Foster , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Horsford , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Kahele , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Lieu , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Nadler , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Payne , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Ross , Mr. Rush , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Sires , Ms. Strickland , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Takano , Mr. Torres of New York , Ms. Velázquez , and Ms. Williams of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Lunar New Year Day as a Federal holiday, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lunar New Year Day Act . 2. Lunar New Year Day Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the following: Lunar New Year Day. .