01-30624. Closing of Federal Government Executive Departments and Agencies on Monday, December 24, 2001  

  • Executive Order 13238 of December 5, 2001

    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.

    B THE WHITE HOUSE, December 5, 2001. Filed 12-7-01; 10:08 am]

    [FR Doc. 01-30624

    Billing code 3195-01-P

Document Information

Published:
12/10/2001
Department:
Executive Office of the President
Entry Type:
Presidential Document
Document Type:
Executive Order
Document Number:
01-30624
Pages:
63901-63903 (3 pages)
EOCitation:
E.O. 13238 of 2001-12-05
EONotes:
See: EO 11582, February 11, 1971
PDF File:
01-30624.pdf