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S. 1004 (114th): Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act


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The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress, and was published on Oct 8, 2016.


(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)

Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act

(Sec. 2) Directs the President to issue an annual proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe two minutes of silence on Veterans Day, beginning at 3:11 p.m. Atlantic standard time, in honor of the service and sacrifice of veterans throughout the history of the nation.