Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Friday, December 26, 2014
Signed December 5, 2014·Barack Obama·79 FR 73459
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Closes all executive branch departments and agencies on Friday, December 26, 2014, the day after Christmas, and excuses federal employees from duty that day. Allows agency heads to keep certain offices open and require specific employees to report for work if needed for national security, defense, or other public needs. States that the closure counts as falling under Executive Order 11582 and relevant federal pay and leave statutes. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take actions necessary to carry out the order. Clarifies that it does not affect existing agency authority or the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, must be implemented consistent with law and available funding, and does not create any enforceable legal rights.
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By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America, by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, it is hereby ordered
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13682 of December 5, 2014
Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of
the Federal Government on Friday, December 26, 2014
By the authority vested in me as President of the
United States of America, by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, 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 Friday, December
26, 2014, the day after 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 26, 2014, for reasons of national
security, defense, or other public need.
Sec. 3. Friday, December 26, 2014, 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) 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.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(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,
December 5, 2014.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed December 5, 2014. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.