Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the Department of the Treasury

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, May 13, 2002

March 19, 2002

Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury

Subject: Designation of Officers of the Department of the Treasury

By the authority vested in me as President under the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America and pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., I hereby order that:

Section 1. Order of Succession.

During any period when the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary), the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, and the officers designated by Executive Order 13246 of December 18, 2001, to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary, the following officers of the Department of the Treasury, in the order listed, shall perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary, if they are eligible to act as Secretary under the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, until such time as at least one of the officers mentioned above is able to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary:

Fiscal Assistant Secretary;

Chief of Staff;

Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Internal Revenue Service;

Commissioner of Customs, U.S. Customs Service;

Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (Glynco, Georgia);

Commissioner, Wage & Investment Operating Division, Internal Revenue Service (Atlanta, Georgia); and

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Securities Operations, Bureau of Public Debt (Parkersburg, West Virginia).

Sec. 2. Exceptions.

(a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Secretary pursuant to this memorandum.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., to depart from this memorandum in designating an acting Secretary.

George W. Bush

NOTE: This memorandum was released by the office of the Press Secretary on May 9. An original was not available for verification of the content of this memorandum.