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36 U.S.C. § 124 — National Freedom Day

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 48 words · no verdicts yet

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The President may proclaim February 1 as National Freedom Day each year. This day marks Abraham Lincoln's signing, on February 1, 1865, of a resolution passed by Congress. That resolution proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution.

This section lets the President issue a yearly proclamation. The proclamation would name February 1 as National Freedom Day. The day commemorates something that happened on February 1, 1865: Abraham Lincoln signed a joint resolution. That resolution had been adopted by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The resolution proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution. The section does not require the President to issue this proclamation every year — it says the President "may" do so, meaning it is optional.
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The President may issue each year a proclamation designating February 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate the signing by Abraham Lincoln on February 1, 1865, of the joint resolution adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives that proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1259.)

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  • 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1259

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-225 on 1998-08-12.

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