[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66268-66269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31670]


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                Executive Order 13245 of December 18, 2001

                
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 Subchapter III of Chapter 33 of 
                title 5 of the United States Code, 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 
                Labor (Secretary) during any period when both the 
                Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Labor (Deputy 
                Secretary) 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 Labor;
                    (b) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of 
                Administration and Management;
                    (c) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of 
                Policy;
                    (d) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of 
                Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs;
                    (e) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the 
                Employment and Training Administration;
                    (f) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the 
                Employment Standards Administration;
                    (g) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the 
                Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration;
                    (h) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 
                Safety and Health;
                    (i) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety 
                and Health;
                    (j) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the 
                Office of Public Affairs;
                    (k) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' 
                Employment and Training; and
                    (l) Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of the 
                Office of Disability Employment Policy.

                Sec. 3. Exceptions.

                    (a) No individual who is serving in an office 
                listed in section 2(a)-(l) in an acting capacity shall 
                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 Subchapter III of Chapter 33 of 
                title 5 of the United States Code, to depart from this 
                Executive Order in designating an acting Secretary.

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                Sec. 4. Executive Order 10513 of January 19, 1954, is 
                hereby revoked.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     December 18, 2001.

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