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Presidential Legacy Act
This bill redesignates the federal holiday of Washington's Birthday as Presidents' Day.
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Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] · D–IL
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-14 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Presidential Legacy Act would rename the federal holiday on the third Monday in February from Washington’s Birthday to Presidents’ Day. It would also update how references to that holiday are read in existing laws, rules, regulations, and other official papers.
This Act may be cited as the Presidential Legacy Act.
2. Redesignate the third Monday in February as Presidents’ Day Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking Washington’s Birthday and inserting Presidents’ Day.
Except as provided in subsection (b), any reference to Washington’s Birthday in any law, rule, regulation, or other official paper in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to Presidents’ Day.
Section 2 would replace “Washington’s Birthday” with “Presidents’ Day” in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code. The section describes this as renaming the holiday on the third Monday in February.
2. Redesignate the third Monday in February as Presidents’ Day Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking Washington’s Birthday and inserting Presidents’ Day.
Except for the specific amendments in subsection (b), references to Washington’s Birthday in laws, rules, regulations, or other official papers in effect on the enactment date would legally mean Presidents’ Day. This rule is tied to enactment, not introduction of the bill.
(a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), any reference to Washington’s Birthday in any law, rule, regulation, or other official paper in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to Presidents’ Day.
The bill would make two matching name changes directly in statutory text: section 6(d) of title 4 and section 15(a) of the Federal Contested Election Act. Each would replace “Washington’s Birthday” with “Presidents’ Day.”
(b) Conforming amendments (1) Title 4 Section 6(d) of title 4, United States Code, is amended by striking Washington’s Birthday and inserting Presidents’ Day. (2) Federal Contested Election Act Section 15(a) of the Federal Contested Election Act (2 U.S.C. 394(a)) is amended by striking Washington’s Birthday and inserting Presidents’ Day.
The supplied action snapshot, updated July 13, 2025, records that the bill was introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 14, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-07-13T23:06:43Z. 2025-02-14: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2025-02-14: Introduced in House
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