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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 7663

Restoring Washington's Birthday Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-02-24Topic: governance ethics · labor

Summary

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This bill would change the federal list of legal public holidays. It would move the Washington's Birthday holiday from the third Monday in February to February 22 each year. It would also add Lincoln's Birthday to the list of legal public holidays, placed after the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. The bill text does not state a date for Lincoln's Birthday.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-02-24HouseReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.refer
2026-02-24Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-02-24Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.