    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book I)]
    [March 22, 2006]
    [Pages 558-559]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the National Archives and
    Records Administration
    March 22, 2006

    Memorandum for the Archivist of the United States
    Subject: Designation of Officers of the National Archives and Records
    Administration
        By the authority vested in me as President under the Constitution
    and laws of the United States of America and pursuant to the Federal
    Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''), I
    hereby order that:
        Section 1. Order of Succession.
        During any period when both the Archivist of the United States
    (Archivist) and the Deputy Archivist of the United States (Deputy
    Archivist) have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform
    the functions and duties of the office of Archivist, the following
    officers of the National Archives and Records Administration, in the
    order listed, shall perform the functions and duties of the office of
    Archivist, if they are eligible to act as Archivist under the provisions
    of the Act, until such time as the Archivist or Deputy Archivist is able
    to perform the functions and duties of the office of Archivist:
    Assistant Archivist for Administration
    Assistant Archivist for Records Services, Washington, D.C.
    Assistant Archivist for Regional Records Services
    Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries
    Assistant Archivist for Information Services
    Director of the Federal Register
    Director, National Personnel Records Center
    Director, Jimmy Carter Library
        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 Archivist pursuant to this memorandum.
           (b)   Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the
                President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by the
                Act or other law, to depart from this memorandum in
                designating an acting Archivist.
        Sec. 3. Prior Memorandum Superseded.
        This memorandum supersedes the Presidential Memorandum of March 19,
    2002, entitled, ``Designation of Officers of the National Archives and
    Records Administration.''

                                                              George W. Bush

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