Rosa Parks Day Act

Bill: 118-hr-308
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-12
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Congressional tributes

Racial and ethnic relations

U.S. history
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Rosa Parks Day Act</b></p> <p>This bill designates Rosa Parks Day as a federal holiday.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 308 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2023 Ms. Sewell (for herself, Mr. Horsford , Mrs. Beatty , Ms. Adams , Mr. Allred , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Bowman , Ms. Brown , Ms. Bush , Mr. Carson , Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Clyburn , Ms. Crockett , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Davis of North Carolina , Mr. Evans , Mrs. Hayes , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Jackson of Illinois , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. Lee of California , Mrs. McBath , Mr. Neguse , Ms. Omar , Mr. Payne , Ms. Strickland , Mrs. Sykes , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Torres of New York , and Ms. Williams of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability A BILL To amend section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, to establish Rosa Parks Day as a Federal holiday, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rosa Parks Day Act . 2. Rosa Parks Day as a legal public holiday Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to Thanksgiving Day the following: Rosa Parks Day. .