[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66271-66272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31672]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 13247 of December 18, 2001

                
Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of Veterans Affairs

                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:

                Sec. 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 
                Veterans Affairs (Secretary) during any period when 
                both the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs (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) Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health;
                    (b) Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
                Benefits;
                    (c) Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
                Memorial Affairs;
                    (d) General Counsel of the Department of Veterans 
                Affairs;
                    (e) Assistant Secretaries of Veterans Affairs, in 
                the order in which they shall have taken the oath of 
                office as Assistant Secretaries, other than the Chief 
                Financial Officer and, if an Assistant Secretary, the 
                Chief Information Officer;
                    (f) Chief Information Officer of the Department of 
                Veterans Affairs, if the Chief Information Officer is 
                an officer appointed by the President by and with the 
                consent of the Senate;
                    (g) Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 
                Veterans Affairs; and
                    (h) Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals.

                Sec. 3. Exceptions.

                    (a) No individual who is serving in an office 
                listed in section 2(a)-(h) 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

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                33 of title 5 of the United States Code, to depart from 
                this Executive Order in designating an acting 
                Secretary.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     December 18, 2001.

[FR Doc. 01-31672
Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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