Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 137132015-31749
Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Thursday, December 24, 2015
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Published
December 16, 2015
Signed
December 11, 2015
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31749]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 241 / Wednesday, December 16, 2015 /
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Executive Order 13713 of December 11, 2015
Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and
Agencies of the Federal Government on Thursday,
December 24, 2015
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 for the last half of
the scheduled workday on Thursday, December 24, 2015,
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 remain
on duty for the full scheduled workday on December 24,
2015, for reasons of national security, defense, or
other public need.
Sec. 3. Thursday, December 24, 2015, 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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December 11, 2015.
[FR Doc. 2015-31749
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