Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§134 Pan American Aviation Day
Title 36 › Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part A — Observances and Ceremonies › CHAPTER 1 — PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES › § 134
Summary
Each year the President can declare December 17 to be Pan American Aviation Day. The President asks federal officials, the top leaders of states, territories, and possessions, and all citizens to observe the day to encourage aviation in the Americas because it helps faster communication and builds cultural ties among Western Hemisphere countries.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102