[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 19 (Monday, May 13, 2002)]
[Pages 775-776]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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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);

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    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.
    (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. An original was not available for verification of the content 
of this memorandum.