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Part VIII





The President





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Executive Order 13244--Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
Department of the Interior



Executive Order 13245--Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
Department of Labor



Executive Order 13246--Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
Department of the Treasury



Executive Order 13247--Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
Department of Veterans Affairs


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                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.

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