Notice: The uscode.house.gov website is currently operating in a temporary format. While the United States Code remains available from its authoritative source, some website features and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
The United States Code Online is current through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
Search & Browse Currency and Updating Classification Tables Popular Name Tool Positive Law Codification Editorial Reclassification Downloads
36 U.S.C. 140: Stephen Foster Memorial DayText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 36-PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONSCHAPTER 1-PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES
Jump To: Source CreditHistorical and Revision Notes

§140. Stephen Foster Memorial Day

The President may issue each year a proclamation⁠—

(1)  designating January 13 as Stephen Foster Memorial Day; and

(2)  calling on the people of the United States to observe Stephen Foster Memorial Day with appropriate ceremonies, pilgrimages to his shrines, and musical programs featuring his compositions.

( Pub. L. 105–225 , Aug. 12, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1262 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

140

36:158.

Oct. 27, 1951, ch. 593, 65 Stat. 659.