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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Uniform Monday Holiday Act canonical 3
Monday Holiday Law 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
affectsHoliday Columbus Day ⓘ
Labor Day ⓘ
Memorial Day ⓘ
Veterans Day ⓘ
linked to: Armistice Day

Washington's Birthday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Monday Holiday Law ⓘ
appliesTo federal holidays in the United States ⓘ
appliesToSector federal employees ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 5 of the United States Code ⓘ
country 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 federal government ⓘ
laterAmendedBy Public Law 94-97 ⓘ
laterAmendedEffect restored Veterans Day observance to November 11 ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
originallyMovedHolidayToMonday Columbus Day ⓘ
Memorial Day ⓘ
Veterans Day ⓘ
linked to: Armistice Day

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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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Memorial Day → governingLaw → Uniform Monday Holiday Act ⓘ
Memorial Day → dateFixedBy → Uniform Monday Holiday Act ⓘ
Uniform Monday Holiday Act → alsoKnownAs → Monday Holiday Law ⓘ
linked to: Uniform Monday Holiday Act
Presidents' Day (United States) → basisInLaw → Uniform Monday Holiday Act ⓘ