Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2007
Signed December 6, 2007·George W. Bush·72 FR 70477
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Plain-language summary
Directs that all executive branch departments and agencies be closed and their employees excused from duty on Monday, December 24, 2007, the day before Christmas. Allows heads of departments and agencies to decide that certain offices, installations, or employees must remain open or report for duty if needed for national security, defense, or other public need. Specifies that this day is to be treated under Executive Order 11582 and relevant federal pay and leave statutes, meaning employees' pay and leave will be handled as if it were a holiday closure under existing law.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
See: EO 11582, February 11, 1971
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13453 of December 6, 2007
Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of
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December 24, 2007
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. All executive branch departments and
agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and
their employees excused from duty on Monday, December
24, 2007, the day before Christmas Day, except as
provided in section 2 below.
Sec. 2. The heads of executive branch departments and
agencies may determine that certain offices and
installations of their organizations, or parts thereof,
must remain open and that certain employees must report
for duty on December 24, 2007, for reasons of national
security or defense or other public need.
Sec. 3. Monday, December 24, 2007, shall be considered
as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 of
February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b) and
other similar statutes insofar as they relate to the
pay and leave of employees of the United States.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 6, 2007.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed December 6, 2007. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.