Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1324301-31668

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Housing and Urban Development

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December 21, 2001
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December 18, 2001

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[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66262-66263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 01-31668]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / 
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                Executive Order 13243 of December 18, 2001

                
Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development

                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 
                Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) during any 
                period when both the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 
                of Housing and Urban Development (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) General Counsel of the Department of Housing 
                and Urban Development;
                    (b) Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development in charge of Housing-Federal Housing 
                Commission;
                    (c) Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development in charge of Community, Planning and 
                Development;
                    (d) Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development in charge of Public and Indian Housing;
                    (e) Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development in charge of Policy Development and 
                Research;
                    (f) Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development in charge of Fair Housing and Equal 
                Opportunity;
                    (g) Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development in charge of Congressional and 
                Intergovernmental Relations;
                    (h) Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development in charge of Administration; and
                    (i) Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development in charge of Public Affairs.

                Sec. 3. Exceptions.

                    (a) No individual who is serving in an office 
                listed in section 2(a)-(i) 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 11274 of March 30, 1996, is 
                hereby revoked.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     December 18, 2001.

[FR Doc. 01-31668
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