Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2018

• Published date: 21 December 2018
• Record Number: 2018-27945
• Court: Executive Office Of The President

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
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                [FR Doc No: 2018-27945] Presidential Documents
                Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 245 / Friday, December 21, 2018 /
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                Title 3--
                The President
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                 Executive Order 13854 of December 18, 2018
                
                Providing for the Closing of Executive
                 Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on
                 December 24, 2018
                 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 departments and agencies of
                 the Federal Government shall be closed and their
                 employees excused from duty on Monday, December 24,
                 2018, the day before Christmas Day.
                 Sec. 2. The heads of executive 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, 2018, for reasons of national security,
                 defense, or other public need.
                 Sec. 3. December 24, 2018, 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.
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                 (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.)
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                 December 18, 2018.
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