Providing an Order of Succession Within the Council on Environmental Quality

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 14289-14290]

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Memorandum of March 13, 2015

Providing an Order of Succession Within the

Council on Environmental Quality

Memorandum for the Chairman of the Council on

Environmental Quality

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. (the ``Act''), it is hereby

ordered that:

Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the

provisions of section 2 of this memorandum and to the

limitations set forth in the Act, the following

officials of the Council on Environmental Quality, in

the order listed, shall act as and perform the

functions and duties of the office of the Chairman of

the Council on Environmental Quality (Chairman), during

any period in which the Chairman has died, resigned, or

is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties

of that office:

(a) Managing Director;

(b) Chief of Staff;

(c) General Counsel; and

of the Chairman of

the Council on Environmental Quality (Chairman), during

any period in which the Chairman has died, resigned, or

is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties

of that office:

(a) Managing Director;

(b) Chief of Staff;

(c) General Counsel; and

(d) Associate Directors in the order in which they

have been appointed as such.

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in

an office listed in section 1 of this memorandum in an

acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as

Chairman pursuant to this memorandum.

(b) No individual listed in section 1 of this

memorandum shall act as Chairman unless that individual

is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Act.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this

memorandum, the President retains discretion, to the

extent permitted by law, to depart from this memorandum

in designating an acting Chairman.

Sec. 3. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of

September 18, 2008 (Designation of Officers of the

Council on Environmental Quality to Act as Chairman of

the Council on Environmental Quality), is hereby

revoked.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this

memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise

affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an 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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revoked.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this

memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise

affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an 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.

(b) This memorandum 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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(c) You are hereby authorized and directed to

publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, March 13, 2015

[FR Doc. 2015-06383

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