,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #aj1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,rulli introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit ,federal funds from being      
provided to any ,state or local         
government that celebrates ,indigenous  
,peoples ,day instead of ,columbus ,day1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,italian ,heroes and ,heritage ,act4    
#b4 ,findings2 sense of ,congress  7a7  
,findings ,the ,congress finds the      
following3  7#a7 ,christopher ,columbus 
set sail #ecc years ago in #adib to     
bravely cross the ,atlantic ,ocean and  
discovered new land that would soon     
after become known as ,america4  7#b7   
,president ,benjamin ,harrison founded  
,christopher ,columbus day in #ahib to  
honor ,christopher ,columbus's voyage   
and the #aa ,italian-,americans murdered

 by a ,new ,orleans lynch mob due to    
suspicion and hatred of                 
,italian-,americans4  7#c7 ,the #aa     
people brutally murdered were           
,italian-,american cobbler ,pietro      
,monasterio2 fruit importer ,joseph ,p4 
,macheca2 fruit peddlers ,antonio       
,bagnetto1 ,antonio ,marchesi1 ,antonio 
,scaffidi2 rice plantation laborer      
,charles ,traina2 stevedores ,james     
,caruso and ,rocco ,geraci2 street      
vendor ,emmanuele ,polizzi2 tinsmith    
,loreto ,comitis2 and ward politician   
,frank ,romero4  7b7 ,sense of congress 
,it is the sense of ,congress that      
,october #acth should continue to be    
celebrated nationwide as ,christopher   
,columbus ,day1 as it has been since    
#ahib1 to honor our ,italian-,american  
heritage and our forefather1            
,christopher ,columbus1 who helped to   
discover this great land4  #c4          
,prohibition on providing ,federal funds
 to local governments that celebrate    
,indigenous ,peoples ,day instead of    

,columbus ,day ,notwithstanding any     
other provision of law1 during the      
#a-year period beginning after ,october 
#ac1 #bjbe1 and each ,columbus ,day 7as 
described in section #fajc7;a7 of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code7 thereafter1  
no ,federal funds may be obligated1     
expended1 or otherwise dispursed to any 
,state or unit of local government that 
celebrates ,indigenous ,peoples ,day in 
lieu of ,columbus ,day4