[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 12 (Monday, March 27, 2006)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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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 Prior Memorandum Superseded.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