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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, independent
establishments, and other governmental agencies, including their
field services, shall be closed on April 27, 1994, as a mark of
respect for Richard Milhous Nixon, the thirty-seventh President
of the United States.  That day shall be considered as falling
within the scope of 5 U.S.C. 6103(b), and of all statues so far
as they relate to the compensation and leave of employees of the
United States.

Sec. 2.  The first sentence of section 1 of this order shall not
apply to those offices and installations, or parts thereof, in
the Department of State, the Department of Defense, or other
departments, independent establishments, and governmental
agencies that the heads thereof determine should remain open for
reasons of national security or defense or other public reasons.

                         /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 23, 1994.