    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [March 19, 2002]
    [Pages 753-754]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the Department of the Treasury
    March 19, 2002

    Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury

    Subject: Designation of Officers of the Department of the Treasury

        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 the Treasury (Secretary),
    the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, and the officers designated by
    Executive Order 13246 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 the Treasury, 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:
        Fiscal Assistant Secretary;
        Chief of Staff;
        Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Internal Revenue Service;
        Commissioner of Customs, U.S. Customs Service;
        Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (Glynco, Georgia);
        Commissioner, Wage & Investment Operating Division, Internal Revenue
            Service (Atlanta, Georgia); and

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        Assistant Commissioner, Office of Securities Operations, Bureau of
            Public Debt (Parkersburg, West Virginia).
        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.
        (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.