Bill C-317 (Historical)

Hispanic Heritage Month Act

An Act to designate the month of October as Hispanic Heritage Month

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 26, 2016
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment designates the month of October in each and every year as “Hispanic Heritage Month”.

Similar bills

S-228 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Hispanic Heritage Month Act

C-646 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Hispanic Heritage Month Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-317s:

C-317 (2023) National Strategy on Flood and Drought Forecasting Act

C-317 (2021) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (assistance for repayment of student loans)

C-317 (2011) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (labour organizations)

C-317 (2010) An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Northern Ontario)

C-317 (2009) An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Northern Ontario)

C-317 (2007) An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act (qualification of auditor)