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[CITE: 36USC106]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
      Subtitle I--Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies
 
                   Part A--Observances and Ceremonies
 
              CHAPTER 1--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES
 
Sec. 106. Citizenship Day

    (a) Designation.--September 17 is Citizenship Day.
    (b) Purpose.--Citizenship Day commemorates the formation and signing 
on September 17, 1787, of the Constitution and recognizes all who, by 
coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.
    (c) Proclamation.--The President may issue each year a proclamation 
calling on United States Government officials to display the flag of the 
United States on all Government buildings on Citizenship Day and 
inviting the people of the United States to observe Citizenship Day, in 
schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate 
ceremonies.
    (d) State and Local Observances.--The civil and educational 
authorities of States, counties, cities, and towns are urged to make 
plans for the proper observance of Citizenship Day and for the complete 
instruction of citizens in their responsibilities and opportunities as 
citizens of the United States and of the State and locality in which 
they reside.
(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1255.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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106(a)................................  36:153 (1st par. 1st-13th        Feb. 2
9, 1952, ch. 49, Sec.  1, 66
                                         words).                          Stat.
 9.
106(b)................................  36:153 (1st par. 14th word-
                                         words before ``and the
                                         President'').
106(c)................................  36:153 (1st par. words after
                                         ``of citizenship'').
106(d)................................  36:153 (2d, last pars.).
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    In subsection (d), the text of 36:153 (last par.) is omitted as 
obsolete.
