Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1324601-31671
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury
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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]
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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: 01-31671]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 /
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Executive Order 13246 of December 18, 2001
Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of the Treasury
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 the
Treasury (Secretary) during any period when both the
Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
(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 Secretaries of the Treasury (including
the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement),
in the order in which they shall have taken the oath of
office as such officers;
(b) General Counsel of the Department of the
Treasury; and
(c) Deputy Under Secretaries of the Treasury and
those Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury appointed
by the President by and with the consent of the Senate,
in the order in which they shall have taken the oath of
office as such officers.
Sec. 3. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who is serving in an office
listed in section 2(a)-(c) 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.
Sec. 4. Executive Order 11822 of December 10, 1974, is
hereby revoked.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 18, 2001.
[FR Doc. 01-31671
Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P
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