Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Interior

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Vol. 85

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Part V

The President

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Executive Order 13915--Providing an Order of Succession Within the

Department of the Interior

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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.

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.

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.

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 14, 2020.

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