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HR 3681 102th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Democracy Election Day Holidays

To amend title 5, United States Code, to make election day a legal public holiday, with such holiday to be known as "Democracy Day".

Introduced: October 31, 1991 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 4, 1992
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 300.
May 4, 1992
Reported by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H. Rept. 102-510.
Mar 11, 1992
Subcommittee on Census and Population Discharged.
Mar 11, 1992
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 11, 1992
Ordered to be Reported.
Feb 19, 1992
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov 6, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Oct 31, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Oct 31, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even numbered year a legal public holiday known as Democracy Day (exept for purposes of statutes relating to pay and leave of Federal employees).

What's happening now May 4, 1992

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 300.

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 4, 1991
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Oct 31, 1991
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Oct 31, 1991
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 31, 1991
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 31, 1991
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Oct 31, 1991
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3681: To amend title 5, United States Code, to make election day a legal public holiday, with such holiday to be known as "Democracy Day".. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3681/
MLA
"H.R. 3681: To amend title 5, United States Code, to make election day a legal public holiday, with such holiday to be known as "Democracy Day".." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3681/.
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H.R. 3681, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3681/.
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