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§ 8017.
Secretary of the Air Force: successors to dutiesIf the Secretary of the Air Force dies, resigns, is removed from office, is absent, or is disabled, the person who is highest on the following list, and who is not absent or disabled, shall perform the duties of the Secretary until the President, under section 3347 [1] of title 5, directs another person to perform those duties or until the absence or disability ceases:
The Under Secretary of the Air Force.
The Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force, in the order prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force and approved by the Secretary of Defense.
The General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 489; Pub. L. 89–718, § 23, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 90–235, § 4(a)(9), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 760; Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 521(a)(4), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1058; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 902(c), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2823.)
Sept. 19, 1951, ch. 407, § 102 (less (a)), 65 Stat. 327.
Section 3347 of title 5, referred to in text, was repealed and a new section 3347 was enacted by Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, § 151(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–611, and, as so enacted, no longer contains provisions authorizing the President to direct temporary successors to duties. See section 3345 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
1986—Pub. L. 99–433 struck out subsec. (a) designation, substituted in par. (2) “, in the order prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force and approved by the Secretary of Defense” for “in order of their length of service as such”, and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “Performance of the duties of the Secretary by the Chief of Staff or any officer of the Air Force designated under section 3347 of title 5 shall not be considered as the holding of a civil office within the meaning of section 973(b) of this title.”
For order of succession in event of death, permanent disability, or resignation of Secretary of the Air Force, see Ex. Ord. No. 12909, Apr. 22, 1994, 59 F.R. 21909, listed in a table under section 3345 of Title 5.