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[CITE: 36USC117]

 
     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. 117. Mother's Day

    (a) Designation.--The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day.
    (b) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue a 
proclamation calling on United States Government officials to display 
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings, and on the 
people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other 
suitable places, on Mother's Day as a public expression of love and 
reverence for the mothers of the United States.
(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1258.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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117(a)................................  36:142 (words before comma).     May 8,
 1914, Pub. R. 25, 38 Stat. 770.
117(b)................................  36:141.
                                        36:142 (words after comma).
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    In subsection (b), the text of 36:142 (words after comma) is omitted 
as unnecessary.
