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HR 794 · in committee · symbolic

Lunar New Year Day Act

What this bill does

  • The bill designates Lunar New Year as an official federal holiday.
  • Federal employees and workers in federally regulated industries would get the day off.
  • The holiday would be observed annually on the date of the lunar new year.

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  1. 01

    Which existing federal holiday should potentially shift to accommodate Lunar New Year without expanding the total number of federal holidays?

  2. 02

    How would businesses in federally unregulated industries handle payroll and operations if their federal contractor competitors gain a statutory holiday?

  3. 03

    What economic data supports the claim that designating Lunar New Year as federal holiday would benefit communities that celebrate it?

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Sponsor · D-NY-6

Grace Meng

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Introduced 2025-01-28

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

  2. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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