Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
This bill amends 5 U.S.C. §6103(a) to add St. Patrick’s Day as a Federal holiday, inserting it after Washington’s Birthday.
Religious origins vs secular cultural recognition concerns
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly scoped substantive change with clear statutory drafting for insertion into the list of federal holidays but limited accompanying detail.
This bill amends 5 U.S.C. §6103(a) to add St.
Patrick’s Day as a Federal holiday, inserting it after Washington’s Birthday.
The text only designates the day as a Federal holiday; no additional implementation details or offsets are included.
Narrow and administratively simple but incurs measurable federal cost and lacks compromise features; outcome sensitive to bipartisan appetite.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly scoped substantive change with clear statutory drafting for insertion into the list of federal holidays but limited accompanying detail.
Religious origins vs secular cultural recognition concerns
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Religious origins vs secular cultural recognition concerns
Likely cautiously supportive as recognition of Irish-American heritage and cultural diversity.
Would note church/state concerns and opportunity costs, and want a clearly secular framing and attention to equity.
Will evaluate pragmatically: understands symbolic value and bipartisan appeal, but worries about fiscal and service impacts.
Supportive if costs are quantified and administrative effects minimized.
Likely opposed or skeptical because it expands federal holidays, increases government-paid time off, and broadens federal cultural recognition.
Concerned about cost and federal overreach.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Narrow and administratively simple but incurs measurable federal cost and lacks compromise features; outcome sensitive to bipartisan appetite.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Religious origins vs secular cultural recognition concerns
Narrow and administratively simple but incurs measurable federal cost and lacks compromise features; outcome sensitive to bipartisan appeti…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly scoped substantive change with clear statutory drafting for insertion into the list of federal holidays but limited accompanying detail.
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