Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

36 U.S.C. § 124

National Freedom Day

The President may issue each year a proclamation designating February 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate the signing by Abraham Lincoln on , of the joint resolution adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives that proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution.

Pub. L. 105–225112 Stat. 1259(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

124

36:156.

June 30, 1948, ch. 755, 62 Stat. 1150.