[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 Prior Memorandum Superseded.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.