Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2012
Signed December 21, 2012·Barack Obama·77 FR 76339
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Closes all executive branch departments and agencies on Monday, December 24, 2012, the day before Christmas, and excuses federal employees from duty, except where agency heads determine that certain offices or personnel must remain operating for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need. Treats that day as covered by Executive Order 11582 and related federal pay and leave statutes for purposes of employee compensation. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take actions needed to carry out the order. States it will be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding, does not alter existing agency authority or the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, and does not create any enforceable legal rights.
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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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The order, in full
Executive Order 13633 of December 21, 2012
Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of
the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2012
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, 2012, the day before Christmas Day, except as
provided in section 2 of this order.
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, 2012, for reasons of national
security, defense, or other public need.
Sec. 3. Monday, December 24, 2012, 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.
Sec. 4. The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall take such actions as may be necessary
to implement this order.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be
implemented consistent with applicable law and subject
to the availability of appropriations.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair
or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, December 21, 2012.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed December 21, 2012. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.