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[CITE: 36USC119]

 
     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. 119. National Day of Prayer

    The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating the 
first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer on which the people of 
the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, 
in groups, and as individuals.
(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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119...................................  36:169h.                         Apr. 1
7, 1952, ch. 216, 66 Stat. 64;
                                                                          May 5
, 1988, Pub. L. 100-307, 102
                                                                          Stat.
 456.
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