[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 31163-31164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12946]


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                Memorandum of May 21, 2012

                
Designation of Officers of the National Archives 
                and Records Administration To Act as Archivist of the 
                United States

                Memorandum for the Archivist of the United States

                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 
                provision of section 2 of this memorandum, and the 
                limitations set forth in the Act, the following 
                officials of the National Archives and Records 
                Administration, in the order listed, shall act as and 
                perform the functions and duties of the office of the 
                Archivist of the United States (Archivist), during any 
                period in which the Archivist or the Deputy Archivist 
                has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to 
                perform the functions and duties of the office of the 
                Archivist:

                    (a) Chief Operating Officer;
                    (b) Executive for Agency Services;
                    (c) Director, National Personnel Records Center; 
                and
                    (d) Director, George W. Bush Library.

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

                    (b) No individual listed in section 1(a)-(d) of 
                this memorandum shall act as Archivist unless that 
                individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the 
                Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, as amended.
                    (c) Notwithstanding the provision of this 
                memorandum, the President retains discretion, to the 
                extent permitted by law, to depart from this memorandum 
                in designating an acting Archivist.

                Sec. 3. Prior Memorandum Revoked. The Memorandum for 
                the Archivist of the United States of March 22, 2006 
                (Designation of Officers of the National Archives and 
                Records Administration), is hereby revoked.

                Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This memorandum 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.

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                Sec. 5. Publication. The Archivist is authorized and 
                directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal 
                Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, May 21, 2012

[FR Doc. 2012-12946
Filed 5-24-12; 8:45 am]
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