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Authority to Employ White House Officials Exempt from Annual and Sick Leave Act During Appropriations Lapse
White House officials who are exempt from the Annual and Sick Leave Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 6301(2)(x) and (xi) may continue to work during a lapse in the appropriations for their salaries. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/olc/file/2011-04-08-wh-employ-lapse/download.
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