Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury

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January 13, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 2583-2584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00618]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 7 / Monday, January 13, 2025 / 
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                Executive Order 14137 of January 3, 2025

                
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. Order of Succession. Subject to the 
                provisions of section 2 of this order, and to the 
                limitations set forth in the Act, the following 
                officials of the Department of the Treasury, 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 in which both the 
                Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury have 
                died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform 
                the functions and duties of the office of Secretary:

                    (a) Any Under Secretary of the Treasury, in order 
                of seniority based on date of appointment to such 
                position;
                    (b) General Counsel for the Department of the 
                Treasury;
                    (c) Any Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury or 
                any Assistant Secretary of the Treasury appointed by 
                the President by and with the consent of the Senate, in 
                order of seniority based on date of appointment to such 
                position;
                    (d) Chief of Staff;
                    (e) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 
                Management;
                    (f) Fiscal Assistant Secretary;
                    (g) Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Internal 
                Revenue Service;
                    (h) Commissioner, Bureau of the Fiscal Service;
                    (i) Deputy Commissioner, Financing and Operations, 
                Bureau of the Fiscal Service; and
                    (j) Deputy Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service.

                Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in 
                an office listed in section 1(a)-(j) of this order in 
                an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act 
                as Secretary pursuant to this order.

                    (b) No individual who is serving in an office 
                listed in section 1(a)-(j) of this order shall act as 
                Secretary unless that individual is otherwise eligible 
                to so serve under the Act.
                    (c) 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.

                Sec. 3. Revocation. Executive Order 13735 of August 12, 
                2016 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of the Treasury), is hereby revoked.

                Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

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                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) 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,

                    January 3, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-00618
Filed 1-10-25; 8:45 am]
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