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

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 65481-65482]

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[FR Doc No: 2018-27945]

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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 245 / Friday, December 21, 2018 /

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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.

urity,

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.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 18, 2018.

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