Executive Order 12179—Holiday for Federal Employees

PROVIDING FOR THE CLOSING OF

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND

AGENCIES ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1979

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

SECTION 1-1. General Provisions.

1-101. All Executive departments and agencies shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Monday, December 24, 1979, the day before Christmas Day, except as provided by Section 1-102 below.

1-102. 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 24, 1979, for reasons of national security or defense or for other public reasons.

SECTION 1-2. Pay and leave for Employees.

1-201. Monday, December 24, 1979, shall be considered a holiday for the purposes of the pay and leave of employees of the United States.

JIMMY CARTER

The White House,

December 11, 1979.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12: 11 p.m., December 11, 1979]