Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1346108-797
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services
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February 20, 2008
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February 15, 2008
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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 9437-9438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 08-797]
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Part III
The President
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Executive Order 13461--Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of Health and Human Services
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 34 / Wednesday, February 20, 2008 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13461 of February 15, 2008
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 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. 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), if they are eligible to act
as Secretary under the provisions of the Federal
Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, during any period in
which the Secretary has died, resigned, or become
otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of
the office of Secretary.
Sec. 2. Order of Succession.
(a) Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(b) General Counsel of the Department of Health and
Human Services;
(c) Assistant Secretary (Resources and Technology);
(d) Assistant Secretary (Planning and Evaluation);
(e) Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services;
(f) Commissioner of Food and Drugs;
(g) Director of the National Institutes of Health;
(h) Assistant Secretary for Family Support;
(i) Other Assistant Secretaries of the Department of
Health and Human Services appointed by the President,
in the order in which they shall have taken the oath of
office as such;
(j) Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention; and
(k) Director, Region 4.
Sec. 3. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in
section 2 of this order 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, consistent with the
Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, to depart from
this order in designating an acting Secretary.
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Sec. 4. Revocation. Executive Order 13250 of December
28, 2001 (Providing An Order of Succession Within the
Department of Health and Human Services), and the
President's memorandum of March 19, 2002 (Designation
of Officers of the Department of Health and Human
Services), are hereby revoked.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 15, 2008.
[FR Doc. 08-797
Filed 2-19-08; 8:50 am]
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