# 90 FR 60545: Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025 > Federal · Executive orders · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2025-23847 ## Section - **Citation:** 90 FR 60545 - **Heading:** Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025 - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Executive orders - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Presidential Documents / Executive Order / 2025-23847 ## Text [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 23, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 60545-60546] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-23847] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 244 / Tuesday, December 23, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 60545]] Executive Order 14371 of December 18, 2025 Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, the day before and the day following Christmas Day, respectively. 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, 2025, or December 26, 2025, or both, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need. rtments 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, 2025, or December 26, 2025, or both, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need. Sec. 3. December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025, 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. [[Page 60546]] ions. (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. [[Page 60546]] (d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Office of Personnel Management. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, December 18, 2025. 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