36 USC 147 - Choose Respect Day

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 16, 2024

§ 147.

Choose Respect Day

(a)

Designation.—

October 1 is Choose Respect Day.

(b)

Recognition.—

All private citizens, organizations, and Federal, State, and local governmental and legislative entities are encouraged to recognize Choose Respect Day through proclamations, activities, and educational efforts in furtherance of changing the culture around the tolerance of violence against women.

(Added Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title XIII, § 1310(b)(1), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 931, § 146; renumbered § 147, Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVIII, § 1804(a)(1)(A)(i), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 686.)

cite as: 36 USC 147