SIMPLIFICATION OF RULES RELATING TO THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN HOLIDAYS.

SEC. 1613. SIMPLIFICATION OF RULES RELATING TO THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN HOLIDAYS. Section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) (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.”.