Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1336204-26684
Designation of Additional Officers for the Department of Homeland Security Order of Succession
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December 2, 2004
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November 29, 2004
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[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 231 (Thursday, December 2, 2004)]
[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: 04-26684]
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Part II
The President
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Executive Order 13362--Designation of Additional Officers for the
Department of Homeland Security Order of Succession
Executive Order 13363--Establishing the Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign
Medals
Executive Order 13364--Modifying the Protection Granted to the
Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Property in Which Iraq Has an
Interest and Protecting the Central Bank of Iraq
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Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 231 / Thursday, December 2, 2004 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13362 of November 29, 2004
Designation of Additional Officers for the
Department of Homeland Security Order of Succession
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America and pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform
Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby
ordered that:
Section 1. During any period when the Secretary of
Homeland Security (Secretary), the Deputy Secretary of
Homeland Security, and the officers designated to
perform the functions and duties of the office of
Secretary by section 88 of Executive Order 13286 of
February 28, 2003 (``Amendment of Executive Orders, and
Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of
Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland
Security''), have died, resigned, or otherwise become
unable to perform the functions and duties of the
office of Secretary, the following officers of the
Department of Homeland Security, in the order listed,
shall perform the functions and duties of the office of
Secretary, if they are eligible to act as Secretary
under the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform
Act of 1998, until such time as at least one of the
officers mentioned above is able to perform the
functions and duties of the office of Secretary:
Director, Region V, Federal Emergency Management
Agency;
Director, Region VI, Federal Emergency Management
Agency;
Director, Region VII, Federal Emergency Management
Agency;
Director, Region VIII, Federal Emergency Management
Agency; and
Director, Region X, Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
Sec. 2. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in
section 1 in an acting capacity, by virtue of so
serving, shall act as Secretary pursuant to this order.
(b) 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 Secretary.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 29, 2004.
[FR Doc. 04-26684
Filed 12-1-04; 9:47 am]
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