    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 16 (Monday, April 24, 2006)]
    [Pages 720-721]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the Social Security
    Administration

    April 17, 2006

    Memorandum for the Commissioner of Social Security

    Subject: Designation of Officers of the Social Security Administration

        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.
        During any period when both the Commissioner of Social Security
    (Commissioner) and the Deputy Commissioner of Social Security (Deputy
    Commissioner) have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform
    the functions and duties of the office of Commissioner, the following
    officers of the Social Security Administration, in the

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    order listed, shall perform the functions and duties of the office of
    Commissioner, if they are eligible to act as Commissioner under the
    provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, until such time
    as the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner is able to perform the
    functions and duties of the office of Commissioner:
        Chief of Staff;
        Deputy Commissioner for Operations;
        Regional Commissioner, Philadelphia; and
        Regional Commissioner, Dallas.
        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 Commissioner
    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 Commissioner.
        Sec. 3. Prior Memorandum Superseded.
        This memorandum supersedes the Presidential Memorandum of May 9,
    2002, entitled ``Designation of Officers of the Social Security
    Administration.''
        Sec. 4. Publication.
        You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
    Federal Register.
                                                    George W. Bush

     [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:42 a.m., April 18,
    2006]

    Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on April 19.