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Part III





The President





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Executive Order 13250--Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
Department of Health and Human Services



Executive Order 13251--Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
Department of State



Executive Order 13252--Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management 
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                Executive Order 13250 of December 28, 2001

                
Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of Health and Human Services

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and 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 the Secretary of Health and 
                Human Services (Secretary) during any period when both 
                the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Health and 
                Human Services (Deputy Secretary) have died, resigned, 
                or become otherwise unable to perform the functions and 
                duties of the office of Secretary.

                Sec. 2. Order of Succession.

                    (a) The Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human 
                Services appointed by the President and confirmed by 
                the Senate, in the order in which they shall have taken 
                the oath of office as such;
                    (b) The General Counsel of the Department of Health 
                and Human Services; and
                    (c) Other officers within the Department of Health 
                and Human Services who have been appointed by the 
                President by and with the consent of the Senate, in the 
                order in which they shall have taken the oath of office 
                as such.

                Sec. 3. Exceptions.

                 (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed 
                in section 2(a)-(c) of this order in an acting capacity 
                shall 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, 5 U.S.C. 
                3345 et seq., to depart from this order in designating 
                an acting Secretary.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     December 28, 2001.

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