[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 63247]
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[FR Doc No: 97-31456]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 229 / Friday, November 28, 1997 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13068 of November 25, 1997

                
Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on 
                Friday, December 26, 1997

                By the authority vested in me as President of the 
                United States of America, it is hereby ordered as 
                follows:

                Section 1. All executive departments and agencies shall 
                be closed and their employees excused from duty on 
                Friday, December 26, 1997, the day following Christmas 
                Day, except as provided in section 2 below.

                Sec. 2. The heads of executive 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, 1997, for reasons of national security or 
                defense or for other public reasons.

                Sec. 3. Friday, December 26, 1997, shall be considered 
                as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 
                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.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     November 25, 1997.

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