[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 79513-79514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-33047]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Memorandum of November 26, 2002

                
Designation of Officers of the Federal Emergency 
                Management Agency To Act as Director of the Federal 
                Emergency Management Agency

                Memorandum for the Director of the Federal Emergency 
                Management Agency

                By the authority vested in me as President under the 
                Constitution and 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 both the Director of the Federal 
                Emergency Management Agency (Director) and the Deputy 
                Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
                (Deputy Director) have died, resigned, or otherwise 
                become unable to perform the functions and duties of 
                the office of Director, the following officers of the 
                Federal Emergency Management Agency, in the order 
                listed, shall perform the functions and duties of the 
                office of Director, if they are eligible to act as 
                Director under the provisions of the Federal Vacancies 
                Reform Act of 1998, until such time as the Director or 
                Deputy Director is able to perform the functions and 
                duties of the office of Director:

                    Administrator of the United States Fire 
                Administration;
                    Administrator of the Federal Insurance and 
                Mitigation Administration;
                    Assistant Director, Administration and Resource 
                Planning Directorate; and
                    Regional Director, Region IV.

                Section 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 Director pursuant to this 
memorandum.

(b)

Not withstanding 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. 3345-3349d, to depart from this order in designating an 
acting Director.

                Section 3. Termination.

                This memorandum shall terminate immediately upon the 
                transfer of the authorities, functions, personnel, and 
                assets of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
                the Department of Homeland Security.

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                Section 4. Publication.

                The Director is authorized and directed to publish this 
                memorandum in the Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, November 26, 2002.

[FR Doc. 02-33047
Filed 12-27-02; 8:45 am]
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