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Billing code 3195-01-P 66 246 Friday, December 21, 2001 Presidential Documents Executive Order 13246 of December 18, 2001 Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including Subchapter III of Chapter 33 of title 5 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered that: **Section 1.** Subject to the provisions of section 3 of this Executive Order, the officers named in section 2, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) during any period when both the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (Deputy Secretary) have died, resigned, or are otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary. **Sec. 2.** * Order of Succession.*
(a)Under Secretaries of the Treasury (including the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement), in the order in which they shall have taken the oath of office as such officers;
(b)General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury; and
(c)Deputy Under Secretaries of the Treasury and those Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury appointed by the President by and with the consent of the Senate, in the order in which they shall have taken the oath of office as such officers. **Sec. 3.** * Exceptions.*
(a)No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 2(a)-(c) in an acting capacity shall act as Secretary pursuant to this Executive Order.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of this Executive Order, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by Subchapter III of Chapter 33 of title 5 of the United States Code, to depart from this Executive Order in designating an acting Secretary. **Sec. 4.** Executive Order 11822 of December 10, 1974, is hereby revoked. B THE WHITE HOUSE, December 18, 2001. [FR Doc. 01-31671 Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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