Congress moves to make September 11 a federal holiday
H.R. 911 — Patriot Day Act · Filed by Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) · 17 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 4, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill adds Patriot Day (September 11) to the list of federal holidays in U.S. Code Title 5. Federal employees would receive the day off with pay, and federal offices would close. The bill does not create new spending or restrict anyone's rights—it simply designates an existing commemorative date as an official federal holiday.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to add Patriot Day to the statutory list of federal holidays. It is a straightforward commemorative measure with no regulatory, financial, or policy mechanism beyond the holiday designation itself.
Who it affects
Federal employees gain a paid holiday, which is a modest benefit to them. The general public experiences no direct cost or benefit from the designation itself—Patriot Day (September 11) is already widely observed as a commemorative date. The bill is purely symbolic and administrative, with no measurable impact on ordinary citizens' rights, protections, or economic position.
Named in the bill
U.S. Code Title 5, Section 6103(a), Federal employees, Patriot Day (September 11)
Where it stands
17 cosponsors: 10 Democrats, 7 Republicans.
- Feb 4, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 4, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 3 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $480,304 in lobbying spend. A filing names 71 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Brian Fitzpatrick, the sponsor, reported $2,362,211 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- International Association of Fire Fighters — $380,304 on 2 filings
- National Fraternal Order of Police — $100,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 24, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (212 characters) on Sep 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 24, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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