114 S1004 IS: Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act
U.S. Senate
2015-04-16
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1.This Act may be cited as the Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act
. 2.Observance of Veterans Day (a)Chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
145.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.. (b)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..