Files
republic-os/legal/us/code/title-36/chapter-1/section-109.md
T
Fabio 76b8ec33a7 Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:51:44 -04:00

48 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains invisible Unicode characters
This file contains invisible Unicode characters that are indistinguishable to humans but may be processed differently by a computer. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "LegalText"
title: "36 U.S.C. § 109"
description: "Fathers Day"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1"
chapter_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES"
section: "109"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 109"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc36@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s109"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-36/usc36.xml"
source_hash: "fb353e21564a1891c01b424bc3c684660cb9fb16125f8671b6d674de9594ac6a"
raw_snapshot_hash: "d8bb3c94f12bbd56e49d7a2bc029b1f4ab0bb8b69327e9ddbdf94d7adcac580d"
text_hash: "a5ebd861e2c58b75c4edfe4f08cff790724f96c4a6767621aeb595b947fda0da"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 36 U.S.C. § 109 - Fathers Day
## Text
(a) Designation.— The third Sunday in June is Fathers Day.
(b) Proclamation.— The President is requested to issue a proclamation—
(1) calling on United States Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Fathers Day;
(2) inviting State and local governments and the people of the United States to observe Fathers Day with appropriate ceremonies; and
(3) urging the people of the United States to offer public and private expressions of Fathers Day to the abiding love and gratitude they have for their fathers.
(Pub. L. 105225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1256.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 109(a)36:142a (1st sentence).Apr. 24, 1972, Pub. L. 92278, 86 Stat. 124. 109(b)36:142a (last sentence). In subsection (b)(1), the word “appropriate” is omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b)(2), the words “State and local governments” are substituted for “the governments of the States and communities” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.