HR 794 · in committee · symbolic
Lunar New Year Day Act
- government reform
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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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
Which existing federal holiday should potentially shift to accommodate Lunar New Year without expanding the total number of federal holidays?
- 02
How would businesses in federally unregulated industries handle payroll and operations if their federal contractor competitors gain a statutory holiday?
- 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
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
40/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-28
Joining the bill

Nanette Diaz Barragán
D-CA-44 · original

André Carson
D-IN-7 · original

Gerald E. Connolly
D-VA-11 · original

Judy Chu
D-CA-28 · original

Salud O. Carbajal
D-CA-24 · original

Suzan K. DelBene
D-WA-1 · original

Mark DeSaulnier
D-CA-10 · original

Debbie Dingell
D-MI-6 · original

Lizzie Fletcher
D-TX-7 · original

Valerie P. Foushee
D-NC-4 · original

Raúl M. Grijalva
D-AZ-7 · original

Ami Bera
D-CA-6 · original
+ 28 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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