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Code · U.S. Code · Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · CHAPTER 61— HOURS OF WORK · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS · § 6103

§ 6103. Holidays

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(a)New Year’s Day, January 1.
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third Monday in January.
Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.
Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19.
Independence Day, July 4.
Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
Columbus Day, the second Monday in October.
Veterans Day, November 11.
Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
Christmas Day, December 25.
(b)For the purpose of statutes relating to pay and leave of employees, with respect to a legal public holiday and any other day declared to be a holiday by Federal statute or Executive order, the following rules apply:
(1)Instead of a holiday that occurs on a Saturday, the Friday immediately before is a legal public holiday for—
(A)employees whose basic workweek is Monday through Friday; and
(B)the purpose of section 6309 1 of this title.
(2)Instead of a holiday that occurs on a regular weekly non-workday of an employee whose basic workweek is other than Monday through Friday, except the regular weekly non-workday administratively scheduled for the employee instead of Sunday, the workday immediately before that regular weekly nonworkday is a legal public holiday for the employee.
(3)Instead of a holiday that is designated under subsection
(a)to occur on a Monday, for an employee at a duty post outside the United States whose basic workweek is other than Monday through Friday, and for whom Monday is a regularly scheduled workday, the legal public holiday is the first workday of the workweek in which the Monday designated for the observance of such holiday under subsection
(a)occurs.
This subsection, except subparagraph
(B)of paragraph (1), does not apply to an employee whose basic workweek is Monday through Saturday.
(c)January 20 of each fourth year after 1965, Inauguration Day, is a legal public holiday for the purpose of statutes relating to pay and leave of employees as defined by section 2105 of this title and individuals employed by the government of the District of Columbia employed in the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia. When January 20 of any fourth year after 1965 falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day selected for the public observance of the inauguration of the President is a legal public holiday for the purpose of this subsection.
(1)For purposes of this subsection—
(A)the term “compressed schedule” has the meaning given such term by section 6121(5); and
(B)the term “adverse agency impact” has the meaning given such term by section 6131(b).
(2)An agency may prescribe rules under which employees on a compressed schedule may, in the case of a holiday that occurs on a regularly scheduled non-workday for such employees, and notwithstanding any other provision of law or the terms of any collective bargaining agreement, be required to observe such holiday on a workday other than as provided by subsection (b), if the agency head determines that it is necessary to do so in order to prevent an adverse agency impact.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 515; Pub. L. 90–363, § 1(a), June 28, 1968, 82 Stat. 250; Pub. L. 94–97, Sept. 18, 1975, 89 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 98–144, § 1, Nov. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 917; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1613, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2739; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title XI, § 1107, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2142; Pub. L. 117–17, § 2, June 17, 2021, 135 Stat. 287.)
In subsection (a), former sections 87, 87a, and 87b are combined and restated for clarity. The names of all holidays are inserted for ready reference in a like manner to that used in former section 87c.
In subsection (c), the year “1965” is substituted for “1957”.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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  • Pub. L. 89–554
  • 80 Stat. 515
  • Pub. L. 90–363, § 1(a)
  • 82 Stat. 250
  • Pub. L. 94–97
  • 89 Stat. 479
  • Pub. L. 98–144, § 1
  • 97 Stat. 917
  • Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1613
  • 110 Stat. 2739
  • Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title XI, § 1107
  • 112 Stat. 2142
  • 135 Stat. 287
  • Pub. L. 94–183, § 2(26)
  • 89 Stat. 1058
  • Pub. L. 105–261
  • Pub. L. 104–201
  • Pub. L. 98–144
  • Pub. L. 90–363
  • Pub. L. 98–144, § 2
  • Pub. L. 90–363, § 2
  • 82 Stat. 251
  • Pub. L. 90–363, § 1(b)
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