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H.R. 6880 115th Congress House

Election Day Holiday Act of 2018

Official title: 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.

Introduced: September 25, 2018 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Commemorative events and holidaysElections, voting, political campaign regulationGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Sep 25, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Sep 25, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 25, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Election Day Holiday Act of 2018

This bill requires a federal election day to be treated as a holiday for federal employees.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 22
All 22 Democratic 18
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Nov 13, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Sep 28, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 25, 2018
Delaney, John
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Sep 25, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Sep 25, 2018
McEachin, A.
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 25, 2018
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Sep 25, 2018
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 25, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6880: Election Day Holiday Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6880/
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"H.R. 6880: Election Day Holiday Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6880/.
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H.R. 6880, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6880/.
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