[20220113]IN11697_6月15日国家独立日：新的联邦假日.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Juneteenth National Independence Day: A New Federal Holiday Updated January 13, 2022 On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act (P.L. 117-71) into law. It had passed the Senate on June 15 and the House of Representatives on June 16. The act amends Section 6103(a), Title 5 of the United States Code to designate June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day. In the 117th Congress, two companion billsH.R. 1320 and S. 475were both introduced on February 25, 2021. In the 116th Congress (2019-2020), legislation was introduced to create a federal holiday and the House and Senate also agreed to resolutions honoring Juneteenth. Legislation to designate Juneteenth as a federal holiday had not been introduced prior to the 116th Congress. After he signed P.L. 117-17 (S. 475) into law, President Biden issued a proclamation to celebrate the observance of Juneteenth. In part, the proclamation read On June 19, 1865nearly nine decades after our Nations founding, and more than 2 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamationenslaved Americans in Galveston