House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Lunar New Year Day Act
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Lunar New Year Day as a Federal holiday, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 794.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H407):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution [page H10170]Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 794, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/794
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 25, 2026
- 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
40 cosponsors — 40 Democrats
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), John Garamendi (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng.
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- H.R. 2512 (119th) Hot Foods Act of 2025
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.