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    36 USC Sec. 119                                             01/03/05

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    TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND

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    Subtitle I - Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies

    Part A - Observances and Ceremonies

    CHAPTER 1 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES

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    Sec. 119. National Day of Prayer

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      The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating

    the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer on which the

    people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and

    meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals.

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    (Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1258.)

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      Revised       Source (U.S. Code)       Source (Statutes at Large) 

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    119            36:169h.                Apr. 17, 1952, ch. 216, 66   

                                            Stat. 64; May 5, 1988, Pub. 

                                            L. 100-307, 102 Stat. 456.  

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