[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 31155-31156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12882]


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                Executive Order 13613 of May 21, 2012

                
Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of Commerce

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
                1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''), 
                it is hereby ordered that:

                Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the 
                provisions of section 2 of this order, and to the 
                limitations set forth in the Act, the following 
                officials of the Department of Commerce, in the order 
                listed, shall act as and perform the functions and 
                duties of the office of the Secretary of Commerce 
                (Secretary) during any period in which the Secretary 
                has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to 
                perform the functions and duties of the office of the 
                Secretary:

                    (a) Deputy Secretary of Commerce;
                    (b) General Counsel of the Department of Commerce;
                    (c) Under Secretary of Commerce for International 
                Trade;
                    (d) Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic 
                Affairs;
                    (e) Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and 
                Technology;
                    (f) Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
                Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration;
                    (g) Under Secretary of Commerce for Export 
                Administration;
                    (h) Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 
                Commerce and Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
                (Administration); and
                    (i) The Boulder Laboratories Site Manager, National 
                Institute of Standards and Technology.

                Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in 
                an office listed in section 1(a)-(i) of this order in 
                an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act 
                as Secretary pursuant to this order.

                    (b) No individual listed in section 1(a)-(i) of 
                this order shall act as Secretary unless that 
                individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the 
                Act, as amended.
                    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, 
                the President retains discretion, to the extent 
                permitted by law, to depart from this order in 
                designating an acting Secretary.

                Sec. 3. Revocation. Executive Order 13242 of December 
                18, 2001 (Providing An Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of Commerce) and Memorandum for the 
                Secretary of Commerce of October 3, 2002 (Designation 
                of Officers of the Department of Commerce to Act as 
                Secretary of Commerce) are hereby revoked.

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                Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This order 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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 21, 2012.

[FR Doc. 2012-12882
Filed 5-23-12; 11:15 am]
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