Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Labor

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 251 (Friday, December 30, 2016)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 96329-96330]

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[FR Doc No: 2016-31792]

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Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 251 / Friday, December 30, 2016 /

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Title 3--

The President

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Executive Order 13755 of December 23, 2016

Providing an Order of Succession Within the

Department of Labor

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 Labor, in the order

listed, shall act as and perform the functions and

duties of the office of Secretary of Labor (Secretary)

during any period in which both the Secretary and the

Deputy Secretary of Labor have died, resigned, or

otherwise become unable to perform the functions and

duties of the office of Secretary:

(a) Solicitor of Labor;

(b) Assistant Secretary for Administration and

Management;

(c) Assistant Secretary for Policy;

(d) Assistant Secretary for Congressional and

Intergovernmental Affairs;

(e) Assistant Secretary for Employment and

Training;

ry:

(a) Solicitor of Labor;

(b) Assistant Secretary for Administration and

Management;

(c) Assistant Secretary for Policy;

(d) Assistant Secretary for Congressional and

Intergovernmental Affairs;

(e) Assistant Secretary for Employment and

Training;

(f) Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits

Security;

(g) Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and

Health;

(h) Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health;

(i) Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs;

(j) Chief Financial Officer;

(k) Administrator, Wage and Hour Division;

(l) Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment

and Training;

(m) Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment

Policy;

(n) First assistants, pursuant to the Act, to the

officials in the order listed in (a) and (c)-(h);

(o) Regional Solicitor--Dallas; and

(p) Regional Administrator for the Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management--

Region VI/Dallas.

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

an office listed in section 1(a)-(p) of this order in

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

as Secretary pursuant to this order.

(b) No individual listed in section 1(a)-(p) of

this order shall act as Secretary unless that

individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the

Act.

fice listed in section 1(a)-(p) of this order in

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

as Secretary pursuant to this order.

(b) No individual listed in section 1(a)-(p) 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 13245 of December

18, 2001 (Providing An Order of Succession Within the

Department of Labor), 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,

December 23, 2016.

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