H.R. 1085 (rh) To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, United States Code, ``Patriotic and National Observances,...

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105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1085


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 1998

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain 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 
revised, 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.

PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES....................101
PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS...............................10101
TREATY OBLIGATION ORGANIZATIONS...................................300101

     SUBTITLE I--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES

                   PART A--OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES

Chapter                                                             Sec.

PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES...................................101
NATIONAL ANTHEM, MOTTO, FLORAL EMBLEM, AND MARCH.....................301
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES....................................501
FEDERAL PARTICIPATION IN CARL GARNER FEDERAL LANDS CLEANUP DAY.......701
MISCELLANEOUS........................................................901

     PART B--UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED WITH 
                       OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION................................2101
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL............................2301
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.
Sec. 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 
        nationwide problem of heart and blood vessel diseases and to 
        support all essential programs required to solve the problem.
Sec. 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 
executive 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 jurisdictions, to observe Asian/Pacific American 
Heritage Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
Sec. 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 national 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.
Sec. 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. 
However, 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.
Sec. 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 welfare 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.
Sec. 106. Citizenship Day
    (a) Designation.--September 17 is Citizenship Day.
    (b) Purpose.--Citizenship Day commemorates the formation and 
signing 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 proclamation 
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 
authorities 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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 
        Constitution Week, in schools, churches, and other suitable 
        places, with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Sec. 109. Father's Day
    (a) Designation.--The 3d Sunday in June is Father's Day.
    (b) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue a 
proclamation--
            (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 private expressions of Father's Day to the abiding love and 
        gratitude they have for their fathers.
Sec. 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 
        Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the official 
        flag of the United States.
Sec. 111. Gold Star Mother's Day
    (a) Designation.--The last Sunday in September is Gold Star 
Mother's Day.
    (b) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue a 
proclamation calling on United States Government officials to display 
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings, and the 
people of the United States to display the flag and hold appropriate 
meetings at homes, churches, or other suitable places, on Gold Star 
Mother's Day as a public expression of the love, sorrow, and reverence 
of the people for Gold Star Mothers.
Sec. 112. Honor America Days
    (a) Designation.--The 21 days from Flag Day through Independence 
Day is a period to honor America.
    (b) Congressional Declaration.--Congress declares that there be 
public gatherings and activities during that period at which the people 
of the United States can celebrate and honor their country in an 
appropriate way.
Sec. 113. Law Day, U.S.A.
    (a) Designation.--May 1 is Law Day, U.S.A.
    (b) Purpose.--Law Day, U.S.A., is a special day of celebration by 
the people of the United States--
            (1) in appreciation of their liberties and the 
        reaffirmation of their loyalty to the United States and of 
        their rededication to the ideals of equality and justice under 
        law in their relations with each other and with other 
        countries; and
            (2) for the cultivation of the respect for law that is so 
        vital to the democratic way of life.
    (c) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue a 
proclamation--
            (1) calling on all public officials to display the flag of 
        the United States on all government buildings on Law Day, 
        U.S.A.; and
            (2) inviting the people of the United States to observe Law 
        Day, U.S.A., with appropriate ceremonies and in other 
        appropriate ways, through public entities and private 
        organizations and in schools and other suitable places.
Sec. 114. Leif Erikson Day
    The President may issue each year a proclamation designating 
October 9 as Leif Erikson Day.
Sec. 115. Loyalty Day
    (a) Designation.--May 1 is Loyalty Day.
    (b) Purpose.--Loyalty Day is a special day for the reaffirmation of 
loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of 
American freedom.
    (c) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue a 
proclamation--
            (1) calling on United States Government officials to 
        display the flag of the United States on all Government 
        buildings on Loyalty Day; and
            (2) inviting the people of the United States to observe 
        Loyalty Day with appropriate ceremonies in schools and other 
        suitable places.
Sec. 116. Memorial Day
    (a) Designation.--The last Monday in May is Memorial Day.
    (b) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue each year a 
proclamation--
            (1) calling on the people of the United States to observe 
        Memorial Day by praying, according to their individual 
        religious faith, for permanent peace;
            (2) designating a period of time on Memorial Day during 
        which the people may unite in prayer for a permanent peace;
            (3) calling on the people of the United States to unite in 
        prayer at that time; and
            (4) calling on the media to join in observing Memorial Day 
        and the period of prayer.
Sec. 117. Mother's Day
    (a) Designation.--The 2d Sunday in May is Mother's Day.
    (b) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue a 
proclamation calling on United States Government officials to display 
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings, and on the 
people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other 
suitable places, on Mother's Day as a public expression of love and 
reverence for the mothers of the United States.
Sec. 118. National Aviation Day
    The President may issue each year a proclamation--

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