[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
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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.
[FR Doc. 97-31456
Filed 11-25-97; 2:50 pm]
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