[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 21733-21734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08392]



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Vol. 85

Friday,

No. 75

April 17, 2020

Part V





The President





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Executive Order 13915--Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
Department of the Interior



Memorandum of April 10, 2020--Authorizing the Exercise of Authority 
Under Public Law 85-804



Memorandum of April 13, 2020--Providing Federal Support for Governors' 
Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19
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                Executive Order 13915 of April 14, 2020

                
Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of the Interior

                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., it is hereby ordered that:

                Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of 
                this order, the officers named in section 2, in the 
                order listed, shall act as and perform the functions 
                and duties of the office of Secretary of the Interior 
                (Secretary) during any period when both the Secretary 
                and the Deputy Secretary of the Interior have died, 
                resigned, or are otherwise unable to perform the 
                functions and duties of the office of Secretary.

                Sec. 2. Order of Succession. (a) Solicitor of the 
                Department of the Interior;

                    (b) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge 
                of Policy, Management, and Budget;
                    (c) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge 
                of Land and Minerals Management;
                    (d) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge 
                of Water and Science;
                    (e) Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish 
                and Wildlife;
                    (f) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge 
                of Indian Affairs; and
                    (g) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge 
                of Insular and International Affairs.

                Sec. 3. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in 
                an office listed in section 2 of this order in an 
                acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act as 
                Secretary pursuant to this order.

                    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, 
                the President retains discretion, to the extent 
                permitted by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 
                to depart from this order in designating an acting 
                Secretary.

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                Sec. 4. Revocation of Executive Order. Executive Order 
                13244 of December 18, 2001 (Providing an Order of 
                Succession Within the Department of the Interior), is 
                hereby revoked.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    April 14, 2020.

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