Executive Orders EO 13453 Sec. 5. Expiration. The Board shall terminate upon the submission of the report provided for in section 2 of this order. GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, November 28, 2007. Executive Order 13453 of December 6, 2007 Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2007 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, 2007, the day before Christmas Day, except as pro- vided in section 2 below. Sec. 2. The heads of executive branch departments and agencies may deter- mine 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, 2007, for reasons of national security or defense or other public need. Sec. 3. Monday, December 24, 2007, shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 of February l\177, ]97], and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6\17703(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 6, 2007. 315
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