    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [March 19, 2002]
    [Pages 750-751]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the Department of Housing and
    Urban Development
    March 19, 2002

    Memorandum for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

    Subject: Designation of Officers of the Department of Housing and Urban
    Development

        By the authority vested in me as President under the Constitution
    and the laws of the United States of America and pursuant to the Federal
    Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., I hereby order
    that:
        Section 1. Order of Succession.
        During any period when the Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development (Secretary), the Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development, and the officers designated by Executive Order 13243 of
    December 18, 2001, to perform the functions and duties of the office of
    Secretary have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the
    functions and duties of the office of Secretary, the following officers
    of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in the order listed,
    shall perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary, if
    they are eligible to act as Secretary under the provisions of the
    Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, until such time as at least one of
    the officers mentioned above is able to perform the functions and duties
    of the office of Secretary:
        President, Government National Mortgage Association;
        Regional Director, Southeast/Caribbean (Atlanta, Georgia);
        Regional Director, Midwest (Chicago, Illinois);
        Regional Director, Southwest (Fort Worth, Texas);
        Regional Director, Rocky Mountains (Denver, Colorado);
        Regional Director, Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania);
        Regional Director, Pacific/Hawaii (San Francisco, California);
        Regional Director, New England (Boston, Massachusetts);
        Regional Director, New York/New Jersey (New York, New York);
        Regional Director, Great Plains (Kansas City, Missouri); and
        Regional Director, Northwest/Alaska (Seattle, Washington).
        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 Secretary
    pursuant to this memorandum.

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        (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President
    retains discretion, to the extent permitted by the Federal Vacancies
    Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., to depart from this
    memorandum in designating an acting Secretary.

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on May 9.