Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 137872017-06971
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice
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April 5, 2017
Signed
March 31, 2017
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 16723-16724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06971]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 64 / Wednesday, April 5, 2017 /
Presidential Documents
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Executive Order 13787 of March 31, 2017
Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of Justice
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of
1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the
provisions of section 2 of this order, the following
officers, in the order listed, shall act as and perform
the functions and duties of the office of Attorney
General during any period in which the Attorney
General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate
Attorney General, and any officers designated by the
Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 508 to act as
Attorney General, have died, resigned, or otherwise
become unable to perform the functions and duties of
the office of Attorney General, until such time as at
least one of the officers mentioned above is able to
perform the functions and duties of that office:
(a) United States Attorney for the Eastern District
of Virginia;
(b) United States Attorney for the Eastern District
of North Carolina; and
(c) United States Attorney for the Northern
District of Texas.
Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in
an office listed in section 1 of this order in an
acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as
Attorney General pursuant to this order.
(b) No individual listed in section 1 shall act as
Attorney General unless that individual is otherwise
eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies Reform
Act of 1998.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order,
the President retains discretion, to the extent
permitted by law, to depart from this order in
designating an acting Attorney General.
Sec. 3. Revocation of Executive Order. Executive Order
13775 of February 9, 2017, is revoked.
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Sec. 4. General Provision. 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
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,
employees, or agents, or any other person.
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[FR Doc. 2017-06971
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