    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [July 10, 2002]
    [Page 1220]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the United States Agency for
    International Development To Act as Administrator
    July 10, 2002

    Memorandum for the Administrator of the United States Agency for
    International Development

    Subject: Designation of Officers of the United States Agency for
    International Development to Act as Administrator

        By the authority vested in me as President under 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., I hereby order
    that:
        Section 1. Order of Succession.
        Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this memorandum, during
    any period when both the Administrator of the United States Agency for
    International Development (Administrator) and the Deputy Administrator
    of the United States Agency for International Development (Deputy
    Administrator) have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to
    perform the functions and duties of the office of Administrator, the
    following officers of the United States Agency for International
    Development, in the order listed, shall perform the functions and duties
    of the office of Administrator, if they are eligible to act as
    Administrator under the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act
    of 1998, until such time as the Administrator or Deputy Administrator is
    able to perform the functions and duties of the office of Administrator:
         Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination;
         Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs;
         Assistant Administrator for Management; and
        The Assistant Administrators for the following Bureaus in the order
    in which they shall have taken the oath of office:
         Bureau for Africa;
         Bureau for Asia and the Near East;
         Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance;
         Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade;
         Bureau for Europe and Eurasia;
         Bureau for Global Health; and
         Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean.
        Sec. 2. Exceptions.
           (a)   No individual who is serving in an office listed in section
                1 in an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act
                as Administrator 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. 3345-3349d,
                to depart from this memorandum in designating an acting
                Administrator.

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on July 12.