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Restoring Washington's Birthday Act of 2026

To amend section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, to change the date designated for Washington's Birthday and designate Lincoln's Birthday as a legal public holiday.

Introduced Feb 24, 2026

Latest action (Feb 24, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics

Summary

This bill would amend federal law regarding legal public holidays. The bill would change Washington's Birthday from being observed on the third Monday in February to being observed on February 22, the actual date of Washington's birth. The bill would also establish Lincoln's Birthday as a new federal legal public holiday.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 24, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Feb 24, 2026 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 24, 2026

Mr. Ogles introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To amend section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, to change the date designated for Washington’s Birthday and designate Lincoln’s Birthday as a legal public holiday.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Restoring Washington’s Birthday Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by inserting after the item relating to the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the following: “Lincoln’s Birthday.”; and

(2) in the item relating to Washington’s Birthday, by striking “the third Monday in February” and inserting “February 22”. <all>

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