Uniform Monday Holiday Act

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The Uniform Monday Holiday Act is a U.S. federal law that standardized the observance of several national holidays on Mondays to create more three-day weekends for workers.

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Uniform Monday Holiday Act canonical 2
Monday Holiday Law 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
affectsHoliday Columbus Day
Labor Day
Memorial Day
Armistice Day
surface form: Veterans Day

Presidents' Day (United States)
surface form: Washington's Birthday
alsoKnownAs Uniform Monday Holiday Act
surface form: Monday Holiday Law
appliesTo federal holidays in the United States
appliesToSector federal employees
codifiedIn Title 5 of the United States Code
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned 1968-06-28
effectiveDate 1971-01-01
enforcedBy executive branch of the United States
hasEffectOn federal holiday calendar
impact increased number of three-day weekends for many workers
standardized federal holiday schedule across states
influenced state holiday scheduling practices
introducedConcept uniform Monday observance for selected federal holidays
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
laterAmendedBy Public Law 94-97
laterAmendedEffect restored Veterans Day observance to November 11
legislativeBody United States Congress
originallyMovedHolidayToMonday Columbus Day
Memorial Day
Armistice Day
surface form: Veterans Day

Presidents' Day (United States)
surface form: Washington's Birthday
originalVeteransDayRule Veterans Day observed on fourth Monday in October
policyArea federal government operations
labor and employment
public holidays
publicLawNumber Public Law 90-363
purpose create three-day weekends for workers
standardize observance of certain federal holidays on Mondays
regulates dates of observance for certain federal holidays
setsObservanceRule Columbus Day observed on second Monday in October
Labor Day observed on first Monday in September
Memorial Day observed on last Monday in May
Washington's Birthday observed on third Monday in February
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
sponsorChamber House of Representatives
Senate
statuteCitation 82 Stat. 250
subjectOf debate over commercialization of holidays
debate over historical dates of observance
typeOfLegislation public law
yearEnacted 1968

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Memorial Day governingLaw Uniform Monday Holiday Act
Memorial Day dateFixedBy Uniform Monday Holiday Act
Uniform Monday Holiday Act alsoKnownAs Uniform Monday Holiday Act
this entity surface form: Monday Holiday Law