Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Veterans Affairs

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

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 54711-54712]

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[FR Doc No: 2016-19724]

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

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Executive Order 13736 of August 12, 2016

Providing an Order of Succession Within the

Department of Veterans Affairs

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 Veterans Affairs, in the

order listed, shall act as Secretary of Veterans

Affairs (Secretary) and perform the functions and

duties of the office of the Secretary during any period

in which both the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of

Veterans Affairs have died, resigned, or otherwise

become unable to perform the functions and duties of

the office of Secretary:

(a) Under Secretary for Health;

(b) Under Secretary for Benefits;

(c) Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs;

(d) Chief of Staff;

ecretary of

Veterans Affairs have died, resigned, or otherwise

become unable to perform the functions and duties of

the office of Secretary:

(a) Under Secretary for Health;

(b) Under Secretary for Benefits;

(c) Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs;

(d) Chief of Staff;

(e) General Counsel and Assistant Secretaries, with

precedence among them in the order, by date, of their

appointments and, if on the same date, in the order in

which they have taken the oath of office;

(f) Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals;

(g) Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service

Network 8;

(h) Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service

Network 7;

(i) Director, Southern Area, Veterans Benefits

Administration; and

(j) Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service

Network 19.

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.

(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. Revocations. (a) Executive Order 13247 of

December 18, 2001, is hereby revoked;

(b) Section 4(g) of Executive Order 13261 of March

19, 2002, is hereby revoked;

(c) Presidential Memorandum of March 19, 2002

(Designation of Officers of the Department of Veterans

Affairs), is hereby revoked; and

(d) Presidential Memorandum of February 12, 2003

(Designation of Officers of the Department of Veterans

Affairs to Act as Secretary of Veterans Affairs), is

hereby revoked.

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Sec. 4. 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. 2016-19724

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