Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1325002-917
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services
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January 11, 2002
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December 28, 2001
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2002)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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Part III
The President
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Executive Order 13250--Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive Order 13251--Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of State
Executive Order 13252--Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management
Relations Program
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Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 8 / Friday, January 11, 2002 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13250 of December 28, 2001
Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of Health and Human Services
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and 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. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of
this order, the officers named in section 2, in the
order listed, shall act as and perform the functions
and duties of the Office of the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (Secretary) during any period when both
the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Health and
Human Services (Deputy Secretary) have died, resigned,
or become otherwise unable to perform the functions and
duties of the office of Secretary.
Sec. 2. Order of Succession.
(a) The Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human
Services appointed by the President and confirmed by
the Senate, in the order in which they shall have taken
the oath of office as such;
(b) The General Counsel of the Department of Health
and Human Services; and
(c) Other officers within the Department of Health
and Human Services who have been 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.
Sec. 3. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who is serving in an office listed
in section 2(a)-(c) of this order in an acting capacity
shall act as Secretary pursuant to this order.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, the
President retains discretion, to the extent permitted
by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C.
3345 et seq., to depart from this order in designating
an acting Secretary.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 28, 2001.
[FR Doc. 02-917
Filed 01-10-02; 8:45 am]
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