Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 17, 2016)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 54709-54710]

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[FR Doc No: 2016-19723]

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 17, 2016 /

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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;

d, 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.

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.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 12, 2016.

[FR Doc. 2016-19723

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