Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Interior
| Published date | 17 April 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 21733 |
| Record Number | 2020-08392 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)
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Part VThe President-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Executive Order 13915--Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of the Interior
Memorandum of April 10, 2020--Authorizing the Exercise of Authority
Under Public Law 85-804
Memorandum of April 13, 2020--Providing Federal Support for Governors'
Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13915 of April 14, 2020
Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Department of the Interior
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 Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) during any period when both the Secretary
and the Deputy Secretary of the Interior have died,
resigned, or are otherwise unable to perform the
functions and duties of the office of Secretary.
Sec. 2. Order of Succession. (a) Solicitor of the
Department of the Interior;
(b) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge
of Policy, Management, and Budget;
(c) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge
of Land and Minerals Management;
(d) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge
of Water and Science;
(e) Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish
and Wildlife;
(f) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge
of Indian Affairs; and
(g) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge
of Insular and International Affairs.
Sec. 3. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in
an office listed in section 2 of this order in an
acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, 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,
to depart from this order in designating an acting
Secretary.
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Sec. 4. Revocation of Executive Order. Executive Order
13244 of December 18, 2001 (Providing an Order of
Succession Within the Department of the Interior), is
hereby revoked.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 14, 2020.
[FR Doc. 2020-08392
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