[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 59161-59162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23601]


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 The President

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                Memorandum of September 20, 2013

                
 Designation of Officers of the General Services 
                Administration to Act as Administrator of General 
                Services

                Memorandum for the Administrator of General Services

                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, 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 memorandum, and to the 
                limitations set forth in the Act, the following 
                officials of the General Services Administration, in 
                the order listed, shall act as and perform the 
                functions and duties of the office of the Administrator 
                of General Services (Administrator), during any period 
                in which both the Administrator and Deputy 
                Administrator have died, resigned, or otherwise become 
                unable to perform the functions and duties of the 
                office of Administrator:

                    (a) Chief of Staff;
                    (b) Commissioner, Public Buildings Service;
                    (c) Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service;
                    (d) Chief Financial Officer;
                    (e) Regional Administrator, Greater Southwest 
                Region (Region 7); and
                    (f) Regional Administrator, Great Lakes Region 
                (Region 5).

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

                    (b) No individual listed in section 1 of this 
                memorandum shall act as Administrator unless that 
                individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the 
                Act.
                    (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 Administrator.

                Sec. 3. Prior Memorandum Superseded. This memorandum 
                supersedes the President's Memorandum of March 19, 2002 
                (Designation of Officers of the General Services 
                Administration).

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

                 THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     Washington, September 20, 2013.

[FR Doc. 2013-23601
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