[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 35 (Thursday, February 22, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8085-8086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-838]



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The President





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Memorandum of February 20, 2007--Designation of Officers of the Office 
of the United States Trade Representative To Act as the United States 
Trade Representative
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                Memorandum of February 20, 2007

                
Designation of Officers of the Office of the 
                United States Trade Representative To Act as the United 
                States Trade Representative

                Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative

                By the authority vested in me as President under the 
                Constitution and the 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. Order of Succession.

                During any period when the United States Trade 
                Representative (USTR) has died, resigned, or otherwise 
                becomes unable to perform the functions and duties of 
                the office of the United States Trade Representative, 
                the following officers of the Office of the United 
                States Trade Representative, in the order listed, shall 
                perform the functions and duties of the USTR, until 
                such time as the USTR is able to perform the functions 
                and duties of that office;

                (a) Deputy United States Trade Representatives 
                (stationed in Washington, D.C.; in order of their 
                length of service as a Deputy USTR);

                (b) Deputy United States Trade Representative 
                (stationed in Geneva);

                (c) General Counsel;

                (d) Chief Negotiator for Agriculture;

                (e) Deputy General Counsel; and

                (f) Deputy Chief of Mission (stationed in Geneva).

                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 the USTR pursuant to this 
                memorandum.

                (b) No individual shall act as USTR unless that 
                individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the 
                Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.

                (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, 
                the President retains discretion, to the extent 
                permitted by law, to depart from this memorandum in 
                designating an acting USTR.

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                Sec. 3. Judicial Review. This memorandum is intended to 
                improve the internal management of the executive branch 
                and is not intended to, and does not, create any right 
                or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at 
                law or in equity by any party against the United 
                States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its 
                officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

                Sec. 4. Publication. You are authorized and directed to 
                publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, February 20, 2007.

[FR Doc. 07-838
Filed 2-21-07; 8:48 am]
Billing code 3190-01-M