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[CITE: 36USC107]

 
     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. 107. Columbus Day

    The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation--
        (1) designating the second Monday in October as Columbus Day;
        (2) calling on United States Government officials to display the 
    flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Columbus 
    Day; and
        (3) inviting the people of the United States to observe Columbus 
    Day, in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with 
    appropriate ceremonies that express the public sentiment befitting 
    the anniversary of the discovery of America.
(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1256.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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107...................................  36:146.                          Apr. 3
0, 1934, ch. 184, 48 Stat. 657.
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    In clause (1), the words ``the 2d Monday in October'' are 
substituted for ``October 12'' in the Act of April 30, 1934 (ch. 184, 48 
Stat. 657), because of section 1(b) of the Act of June 28, 1968 (Public 
Law 90-363, 82 Stat. 250).
