Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 136332012-31225
Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2012
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December 28, 2012
Signed
December 21, 2012
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 76339-76340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31225]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2012 /
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The President
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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.
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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.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, December 21, 2012.
[FR Doc. 2012-31225
Filed 12-21-12; 4:15 pm]
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