Who is affected and how:

• Federal agencies and offices: Must update statutory citations, regulations, internal guidance, forms, payroll and leave documentation, employee calendars, official websites, and printed materials to substitute "Presidents’ Day" for "Washington’s Birthday." Offices responsible for codification (U.S. Code editors, Federal Register, agency rulemaking offices) will make textual edits and publish conforming changes.

• Federal employees: No change in day off or benefit status — only the legal/official name of the holiday changes. Agencies’ HR and payroll systems may need minor administrative updates (labels, leave codes, payroll calendars).

• Courts, legal publishers, and compliance officers: Citations and references in federal legal materials will be updated; publishers and law offices will revise style guides and databases to reflect the new statutory phrasing.

• State and local governments: Largely unaffected by the federal rename unless they choose to align state statutes and materials; states that reference the federal name in cross-references or guidance may voluntarily update wording for consistency.

• Businesses, schools, and the public: Operationally unchanged (date and observance remain the same). Private-sector calendars, employee handbooks, event promotions, and educational materials may be updated for consistency at modest administrative cost.

• Fiscal and programmatic impact: Minimal. The bill creates no new programs or mandatory spending; expected costs are limited to one-time administrative updates (editing, web updates, reprinting), absorbed in normal agency operating budgets.

Overall effect: purely nominal and administrative — a change in statutory terminology and required substitution in federal materials, with little substantive policy or budgetary impact.