Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73
§134 Pan American Aviation Day
Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part Part A— - Observances and Ceremonies › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES › § 134
Summary
Each year the President may proclaim December 17 Pan American Aviation Day and ask U.S., state, territorial, and possession officials and citizens to observe and promote aviation, faster communication, and cultural ties in the Americas.
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Title 36, §134
Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The President may issue each year a proclamation—
(1)designating December 17 as Pan American Aviation Day; and
(2)calling on all officials of the United States Government, the chief executive offices of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States, and all citizens to participate in the observance of Pan American Aviation Day to further, and stimulate interest in, aviation in the American countries as an important stimulus to the further development of more rapid communications and a cultural development between the countries of the Western Hemisphere.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 13436:151a.Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 840, 54 Stat. 1093. In clause (2), the words “chief executive officers of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States” are substituted for “Governors of the fifty States, our possessions”, and the word “countries” is substituted for “nations”, for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
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36 U.S.C. § 134
Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73