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[CITE: 5USC6104]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                     Subpart E--Attendance and Leave
 
                        CHAPTER 61--HOURS OF WORK
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6104. Holidays; daily, hourly, and piece-work basis 
        employees
        
    When a regular employee as defined by section 2105 of this title or 
an individual employed regularly by the government of the District of 
Columbia, whose pay is fixed at a daily or hourly rate, or on a piece-
work basis, is relieved or prevented from working on a day--
        (1) on which agencies are closed by Executive order, or, for 
    individuals employed by the government of the District of Columbia, 
    by order of the Mayor;
        (2) by administrative order under regulations issued by the 
    President, or, for individuals employed by the government of the 
    District of Columbia, by the Council of the District of Columbia; or
        (3) solely because of the occurrence of a legal public holiday 
    under section 6103 of this title, or a day declared a holiday by 
    Federal statute, Executive order, or, for individuals employed by 
    the government of the District of Columbia, by order of the Mayor;

he is entitled to the same pay for that day as for a day on which an 
ordinary day's work is performed.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 516; Pub. L. 90-623, 
Sec. 1(15), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1313; Pub. L. 96-54, Sec. 2(a)(38), 
Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 383.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 86a.                 June 29, 1938, ch.
                                                    818, Sec.  1, 52
                                                    Stat. 1246.
                     ............................  June 11, 1954, ch.
                                                    283, 68 Stat. 249.
                     ............................  July 18, 1958, Pub.
                                                    L. 85-533, Sec.  2,
                                                    72 Stat. 377.
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    The enumeration of holidays is eliminated as unnecessary in view of 
section 6103.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1979--Pub. L. 96-54 substituted ``Mayor'' for ``Commissioner'' in 
pars. (1) and (3), and ``Council of the District of Columbia'' for 
``District of Columbia Council'' in par. (2).
    1968--Pub. L. 90-623 substituted ``Commissioner'' for ``Board of 
Commissioners'' in pars. (1) and (3), and ``District of Columbia 
Council'' for ``Board of Commissioners'' in par. (2).


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-54 effective July 12, 1979, see section 2(b) 
of Pub. L. 96-54, set out as a note under section 305 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-623 intended to restate without substantive 
change the law in effect on Oct. 22, 1968, see section 6 of Pub. L. 90-
623, set out as a note under section 5334 of this title.

  Ex. Ord. No. 10552. Delegation of Authority To Promulgate Regulations

    Ex. Ord. No. 10552, Aug. 10, 1954, 19 F.R. 5079, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, provided:
    By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of 
the United States Code, 65 Stat. 713, it is declared that the Office of 
Personnel Management be, and it is hereby, designated and empowered to 
exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the 
President, the authority vested in the President by the joint resolution 
of June 29, 1938, 52 Stat. 1246, as amended by the act of June 11, 1954, 
68 Stat. 249 [this section], to promulgate regulations under which 
certain employees of the Government may be prevented or relieved from 
working by administrative order.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6124 of this title.
