[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66258-66259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31666]




                        Presidential Documents 



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

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                Executive Order 13241 of December 18, 2001

                
Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of Agriculture

                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 
                Agriculture (Secretary) during any period when both the 
                Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture 
                (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 Agriculture for Farm and 
                Foreign Agricultural Services;
                    (b) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing 
                and Regulatory Programs;
                    (c) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural 
                Development;
                    (d) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, 
                Nutrition, and Consumer Services;
                    (e) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural 
                Resources and Environment;
                    (f) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, 
                Education, and Economics;
                    (g) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety;
                    (h) General Counsel of the Department of 
                Agriculture;
                    (i) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for 
                Administration; and
                    (j) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for 
                Congressional Relations.

                Sec. 3. Exceptions.

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

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                Sec. 4. Executive Order 11957 of January 13, 1977, is 
                hereby revoked.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     December 18, 2001.

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