Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1324701-31672
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Veterans Affairs
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Published
December 21, 2001
Signed
December 18, 2001
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Executive Office of the President
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[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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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]
Billing code 3195-01-P
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