SECTION 1. Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act”.
Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act
An Act
To amend title 36, United States Code, to encourage the nationwide observance of two minutes of silence each Veterans Day.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Observance of Veterans Day.
Two Minutes of Silence.— Chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
Ҥ 145. Veterans Day
“The President shall issue each year a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe two minutes of silence on Veterans Day in honor of the service and sacrifice of veterans throughout the history of the Nation, beginning at—
“(1) 3:11 p.m. Atlantic standard time;
“(2) 2:11 p.m. eastern standard time;
“(3) 1:11 p.m. central standard time;
“(4) 12:11 p.m. mountain standard time;
“(5) 11:11 a.m. Pacific standard time;
“(6) 10:11 a.m. Alaska standard time; and
“(7) 9:11 a.m. Hawaii-Aleutian standard time.”
Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
“145. Veterans Day.”.