Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Labor
Signed December 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66268
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Establishes the order in which officials within the Department of Labor act as Secretary of Labor if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or are otherwise unable to serve. The line of succession runs through the Solicitor of Labor followed by various Assistant Secretaries, covering areas such as administration, policy, congressional affairs, employment and training, employment standards, pension and welfare benefits, occupational safety, mine safety, public affairs, veterans' employment, and disability employment policy. Officials serving in a listed position only in an acting capacity are excluded from succession, and the President retains authority to name a different acting Secretary as permitted by law. The order also revokes a prior order, Executive Order 10513 of January 19, 1954, which had previously governed succession at the department.
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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 10513, January 19, 1954; Amended by: EO 13261, March 19, 2002
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13245 of December 18, 2001
Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of Labor
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
Labor (Secretary) during any period when both the
Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Labor (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 Labor;
(b) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of
Administration and Management;
(c) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of
Policy;
(d) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs;
(e) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the
Employment and Training Administration;
(f) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the
Employment Standards Administration;
(g) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration;
(h) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health;
(i) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety
and Health;
(j) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the
Office of Public Affairs;
(k) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans'
Employment and Training; and
(l) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the
Office of Disability Employment Policy.
Sec. 3. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who is serving in an office
listed in section 2(a)-(l) 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 10513 of January 19, 1954, 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.