[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2003)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 10141-10142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5196]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Memorandum of February 12, 2003

                
Designation of Officers of the Department of 
                Veterans Affairs To Act as Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs

                Memorandum for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs

                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 the Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs (Secretary), the Deputy Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs (Deputy Secretary), and the officers designated 
                by Executive Order 13247 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 Veterans Affairs, 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:

                Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 8 Director, 
                Veterans Health Administration;

                VISN 7 Director, Veterans Health Administration;

                Veterans Benefits Administration Southern Area 
                Director; and

                North Florida/South Georgia Healthcare System Director.

                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.



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                Sec. 3. Publication.

                You are authorized and directed to publish this 
                memorandum in the Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, February 12, 2003.

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