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U.S. law provides for the declaration of selected public observances by the President of the United States as designated by Congress or by the discretion of the President. [1] Generally the President will provide a statement about the purpose and significance of the observance, and call on the people of the United States to observe the day ...
Observances in the United States by presidential proclamation. U.S. law provides for the declaration of selected public observances by the President of the United States as designated by Congress or by the discretion of the President.
Below is a list of all observances so designated. Note that not all of the laws below require that the observance be declared, in some cases, such as 36 U.S.C. § 114, Congress simply requested the president to issue a proclamation of the observance.
Unless authorized by the United States Congress, a presidential proclamation does not have the force of law. If an Act of Congress is passed that would take effect upon the happening of a contingent event, and the president later proclaims that the event happened, the proclamation would then have the force of law. [3]
They have been issued by different presidents under various names. [8] Listed below are the presidential proclamations signed by United States President Joe Biden, beginning with Proclamation 10140. As of November 14, 2024, President Biden has signed 719 presidential proclamations.
The Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents collection is composed of the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents and its predecessor, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Since 1993, it has been published by the Office of the Federal Register , National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the authority of the ...
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2022-11 Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended Secretary of Defense March 31, 2022: April 6, 2022: 87 FR 19775 2022-07421 [516] [517] 21 2022-12 Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012