Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on January 9, 2025

Presidential Document Executive Order

Executive Order 14133: Closure of Federal Government on January 9, 2025

President of the United States issued Executive Order 14133, mandating the closure of all federal executive departments and agencies on January 9, 2025, to honor former President James Earl Carter, Jr. Exceptions are allowed for offices that need to remain operational for national security or other essential public needs. The order aligns with existing statutes regarding employee pay and leave. The Office of Personnel Management is tasked with implementing the order, which does not create enforceable rights against the U.S. government.

  • Executive Order 14133 mandates closure of federal departments on January 9, 2025.
  • Closure is in honor of former President James Earl Carter, Jr.
  • Exceptions allowed for national security and essential public needs.
  • Order aligns with existing statutes on employee pay and leave.
  • Office of Personnel Management to implement the order.
  • Order does not create enforceable rights against the U.S. government.

Summary last updated: January 20, 2025

Original Text
Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 2 (Friday, January 3, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 187-188] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-31766] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 2 / Friday, January 3, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 187]] Executive Order 14133 of December 30, 2024 Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on January 9, 2025 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 departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed on January 9, 2025, as a mark of respect for James Earl Carter, Jr., the thirty-ninth President of the United States. 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 January 9, 2025, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need. Sec. 3. January 9, 2025, 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. Sec. 4. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement this order. Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. [[Page 188]] (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, December 30, 2024. [FR Doc. 2024-31766 Filed 1-2-25; 8:45 am] Billing code 3395-F4-P

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