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Executive Order 11573

Excusing Federal employees from duty for one-half day on December 24, 1970

Signed by Richard Milhous Nixon on December 21, 1970.

No later action on file
Signed recordDecember 21, 1970

The date the President signed it.

Publication record35 FR 19323

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionNo later action on file

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Reference number
eo-11573
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Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 11573: Excusing Federal employees from duty for one-half day on December 24, 1970 [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11573

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 11573: Excusing Federal employees from duty for one-half day on December 24, 1970." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11573.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 11573: Excusing Federal employees from duty for one-half day on December 24, 1970}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11573}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-11573; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1970.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

See EO 10358, June 9, 1952

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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