House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Proper Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day Act
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day shall be observed separately from Inauguration Day, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Mar 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2169.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 50, March 18, 2025, Page H1171):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2169, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2169
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.