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H.R. 6880 (115th): Election Day Holiday Act of 2018

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The text of the bill below is as of Sep 25, 2018 (Introduced). The bill was not enacted into law.

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115th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6880

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 25, 2018

(for herself, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Delaney, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Evans, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Payne, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mrs. Beatty, and Mr. Brown of Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To treat the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the same manner as any legal public holiday for purposes of Federal employment, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Election Day Holiday Act of 2018.

2.

Treatment of Election Day in same manner as legal public holiday for purposes of Federal employment

For purposes of any law relating to Federal employment, the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2020 and each even-numbered year thereafter shall be treated in the same manner as a legal public holiday described in section 6103 of title 5, United States Code.

3.

Sense of Congress regarding treatment of day by private employers

It is the sense of Congress that private employers in the United States should give their employees a day off on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2020 and each even-numbered year thereafter to enable the employees to cast votes in the elections held on that day.