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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 2597-2598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00673]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 7 / Monday, January 13, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

[[Page 2597]]

                Memorandum of January 3, 2025

                
Designation of Officials of the Office of Science 
                and Technology Policy To Act as Director

                Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Science 
                and Technology Policy

                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 Office of Science and Technology 
                Policy (OSTP), in the order listed, shall act as and 
                perform the functions and duties of the office of the 
                Director of OSTP (Director) during any period in which 
                the Director has died, resigned, or otherwise become 
                unable to perform the functions and duties of the 
                office of Director:

                    (a) Any Associate Director of OSTP (including any 
                Associate Director designated as the United States 
                Chief Technology Officer), in order of seniority based 
                on date of appointment to such position;
                    (b) Chief of Staff of OSTP;
                    (c) Any Deputy Director of OSTP (including any 
                Deputy Director designated Principal Deputy Director or 
                Principal Deputy United States Chief Technology 
                Officer), in order of seniority based on date of 
                appointment to such position; and
                    (d) General Counsel of OSTP.

                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 Director pursuant to this memorandum.

                    (b) No individual who is serving in an office 
                listed in section 1 of this memorandum shall act as 
                Director 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 Director.

                Sec. 3. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of 
                January 13, 2017 (Designation of Officers or Employees 
                of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to Act 
                as Director), 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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, January 3, 2025

[FR Doc. 2025-00673
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