For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 9, 2003
Executive Order
Executive Order Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Friday, December 26, 2003
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 Friday, December 26, 2003, the day after Christmas Day, except
as provided in section 2 below.
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 26, 2003, for reasons of
national security or defense or other public need.
Sec. 3. Friday, December 26, 2003, 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.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 9, 2003.
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