Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1324101-31666
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture
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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 66258-66259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 01-31666]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 /
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Executive Order 13241 of December 18, 2001
Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of Agriculture
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
Agriculture (Secretary) during any period when both the
Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
(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 Agriculture for Farm and
Foreign Agricultural Services;
(b) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing
and Regulatory Programs;
(c) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural
Development;
(d) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food,
Nutrition, and Consumer Services;
(e) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural
Resources and Environment;
(f) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research,
Education, and Economics;
(g) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety;
(h) General Counsel of the Department of
Agriculture;
(i) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for
Administration; and
(j) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for
Congressional Relations.
Sec. 3. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who is serving in an office
listed in section 2(a)-(j) 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 11957 of January 13, 1977, is
hereby revoked.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 18, 2001.
[FR Doc. 01-31666
Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P
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