Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 137352016-19723
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury
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August 17, 2016
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August 12, 2016
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 17, 2016)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 54709-54710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19723]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 17, 2016 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13735 of August 12, 2016
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 the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of
1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''),
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 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, 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;
(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; and
(d) the following officers of the Department of the
Treasury, in the order listed:
(i) Chief of Staff;
(ii) Assistant Secretary for Management;
(iii) Fiscal Assistant Secretary;
(iv) Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Internal Revenue Service;
(v) Commissioner, Bureau of the Fiscal Service;
(vi) Deputy Commissioner, Fiscal Accounting and Shared Services, Bureau of
the Fiscal Service; and
(vii) Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue Service.
Sec. 3. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in
an office listed in section 2(a)-(d) in an acting
capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, 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 the Act, to depart from this
Executive Order in designating an acting Secretary.
(c) No individual listed in section 2(a)-(d) shall
act as Secretary unless that individual is otherwise
eligible to serve under the Act.
Sec. 4. Revocation. Executive Order 13246 of December
18, 2001, and the Presidential Memorandum of March 19,
2002 (``Designation of Officers of the Department of
the Treasury''), are hereby revoked.
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Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This order is not intended to,
and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive
or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 12, 2016.
[FR Doc. 2016-19723
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