Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 13472E8-21651
Executive Branch Responsibilities With Respect To Orders of Succession
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September 15, 2008
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September 11, 2008
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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 179 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: E8-21651]
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Part IV
The President
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Executive Order 13472--Executive Branch Responsibilities With Respect
To Orders of Succession
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 179 / Monday, September 15, 2008 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13472 of September 11, 2008
Executive Branch Responsibilities With Respect To
Orders of Succession
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the Federal
Government to ensure that each executive branch agency
can perform its essential functions and remain an
effectively functioning part of the Federal Government
under all conditions. Accordingly, each agency shall
take all appropriate actions to establish, maintain,
and, as necessary, revise an order of succession, or to
propose presidential action to establish or revise an
order of succession.
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this order:
(a) ``agency'' means:
(i) an executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States
Code, other than the Government Accountability Office; and
(ii) the United States Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission;
and
(b) ``order of succession'' means a list of officials by position who shall
act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of the head of
the agency in the event that the office-holder has died, resigned, or
otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office.
``Order of succession'' does not include any order, rule, memorandum, or
other document delegating or partially delegating the authority of an
office.
Sec. 3. Orders of Succession Requiring Presidential
Action.
(a) Each agency for which presidential action is required to establish an
order of succession shall draft a proposed order of succession if no such
order exists and, not later than 30 days from the date of this order, send
such proposed draft order to the Counsel to the President for review and
comment.
(b) Each agency described in subsection 3(a) of this order shall send any
proposed updates or revisions to the agency's order of succession to the
Counsel to the President for review and comment.
(c) Upon completion of the requirements set forth by subsections (a) or (b)
of this section with respect to a proposed order, the agency shall submit
the proposed order to the Office of Management and Budget in accordance
with Executive Order 11030, as amended.
Sec. 4. Orders of Succession Not Requiring Presidential
Action. (a) Each agency for which presidential action
is not required to establish an order of succession
because of the agency's existing legal authority shall
establish and maintain such order in accordance with
applicable law and any applicable guidance issued by
the President or the Secretary of Homeland Security,
including the laws and guidance regarding continuity
plans and programs for the executive branch.
(b) Each agency described in subsection 4(a) of this order shall update and
revise its order of succession as necessary. Before implementing any
revisions to its order of succession, such agency shall send the proposed
revisions to the Counsel to the President for review and comment.
(c) Not later than 30 days from the date of this order, and not later than
7 days from the issuance date of any subsequent final revision
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to an existing order of succession, each agency described in subsection
4(a) of this order shall provide a copy of its order of succession to the
Counsel to the President, the Assistant to the President for Homeland
Security and Counterterrorism, and the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) authority granted by law to a department, agency, or the head thereof;
or
(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to delegate the President's
authority under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et
seq., to designate individuals to perform the functions and duties of a
vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity.
(c) This order shall be implemented in a manner consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any
party against the United States, its agencies, instrumentalities, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
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