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[CITE: 36USC116]

 
     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. 116. Memorial Day

    (a) Designation.--The last Monday in May is Memorial Day.
    (b) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue each year a 
proclamation--
        (1) calling on the people of the United States to observe 
    Memorial Day by praying, according to their individual religious 
    faith, for permanent peace;
        (2) designating a period of time on Memorial Day during which 
    the people may unite in prayer for a permanent peace;
        (3) calling on the people of the United States to unite in 
    prayer at that time; and
        (4) calling on the media to join in observing Memorial Day and 
    the period of prayer.
(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1257.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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116...................................  36:169g.                         May 11
, 1950, ch. 182, 64 Stat. 158.
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    In subsection (a), the designation is added, and the words ``last 
Monday in May'' are substituted for ``May 30'' in the Act of May 11, 
1950 (ch. 182, 64 Stat. 158), because of section 1(b) of the Act of June 
28, 1968 (Public Law 90-363, 82 Stat. 250).
    In subsection (b)(4), the word ``media'' is substituted for 
``newspapers, radio stations, and all other mediums of information'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words.
