For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 6, 2001
Executive Order for Federal Government Closure on Dec 24
Executive Order Closing of Federal Government Executive Departments and Agencies on Monday, December 24, 2001
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, 2001, the day before 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 24, 2001, for reasons of
national security or defense or other public reasons.
Sec. 3. Monday, December 24, 2001, 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 5, 2001.
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