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Memorandum of January 3, 2025 

Designation of Officials of the Council on Environmental 

Quality To Act as Chairman 

Memorandum for the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform 

Act of 1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ‘‘Act’’), it is hereby 

ordered that: 

Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of 

this memorandum, and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following 

officials of the Council on Environmental Quality, in the order listed, shall 

act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of the Chairman 

of the Council on Environmental Quality (Chairman) during any period 

in which the Chairman has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable 

to perform the functions and duties of the office of Chairman: 

(a) Chief of Staff; 

(b) General Counsel; 

(c) Deputy General Counsels, in the chronological order in which they 

were appointed as a Deputy General Counsel and, if Deputy General Counsels 

were appointed on the same day, in alphabetical order by last name; 

(d) Senior Directors, in the chronological order in which they were appointed as a Senior Director and, if Senior Directors were appointed on 

the same day, in alphabetical order by last name; and 

(e) Associate Director for the National Environmental Policy Act. 

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed 

in section 1 of this memorandum in an acting capacity shall, by virtue 

of so serving, act as Chairman pursuant to this memorandum. 

(b) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 of this 

memorandum shall act as Chairman unless that individual is otherwise 

eligible to so serve under the Act. 

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President 

retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this memorandum in designating an acting Chairman. 

Sec. 3. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of September 6, 2019 

(Providing an Order of Succession Within the Council on Environmental 

Quality), is hereby revoked. 

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable 

law and subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right 

or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by 


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any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 

its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. 

(d) You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in 

the Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, January 3, 2025 

[FR Doc. 2025–00663 

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