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5 U.S.C. § 6104

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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—he is entitled to the same pay for that day as for a day on which an ordinary day’s work is performed.
  1. (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. (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. (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;