Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Interior
Signed December 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66267
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Establishes an order of succession for the Department of the Interior, listing officials who would act as Secretary if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or become unable to serve. The order lists, in sequence, the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, followed by the Assistant Secretaries in charge of Policy, Management and Budget; Land and Minerals Management; Water and Science; Fish and Wildlife and Parks; and Indian Affairs. It specifies that anyone already serving in one of these listed positions only in an acting capacity cannot become acting Secretary under this order, and it preserves the President's discretion to depart from this succession list when designating an acting Secretary, as allowed by federal law. The order also revokes the prior succession order, Executive Order 11487 of October 6, 1969.
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Claimed authority
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including Subchapter III of Chapter 33 of title 5 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
Revokes: EO 11487, October 6, 1969; Amended by: EO 13261, March 19, 2002
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13244 of December 18, 2001
Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of the Interior
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including Subchapter III of Chapter 33 of
title 5 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered
that:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of
this Executive Order, the officers named in section 2,
in the order listed, shall act as and perform the
functions and duties of the office of Secretary of the
Interior (Secretary) during any period when both the
Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of the Interior
(Deputy Secretary) have died, resigned, or are
otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of
the office of Secretary.
Sec. 2. Order of Succession.
(a) Solicitor of the Department of the Interior;
(b) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge
of Policy, Management and Budget;
(c) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge
of Land and Minerals Management;
(d) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge
of Water and Science;
(e) Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish
and Wildlife and Parks; and
(f) Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian
Affairs.
Sec. 3. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who is serving in an office
listed in section 2(a)-(f) in an acting capacity shall
act as Secretary pursuant to this Executive Order.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Executive Order, the President retains discretion, to
the extent permitted by Subchapter III of Chapter 33 of
title 5 of the United States Code, to depart from this
Executive Order in designating an acting Secretary.
Sec. 4. Executive Order 11487 of October 6, 1969, is
hereby revoked.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 18, 2001.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed December 18, 2001. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.