E8-29564. Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice  

  • Executive Order 13481 of December 9, 2008

    Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice

    By the authority vested in me as President by 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., it is hereby ordered that:

    Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officers, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, during any period in which the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, and the officers designated by the Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 508 to act as Attorney General have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, until such time as at least one of the officers mentioned above is able to perform the functions and duties of that office:

    (a) United States Attorney for the District of Maryland;

    (b) United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama; and

    (c) United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.

    Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 of this order in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Attorney General pursuant to this order.

    (b) No individual listed in section 1 shall act as Attorney General unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.

    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this order in designating an acting Attorney General.

    Sec. 3. This order supersedes the President's Memorandum for the Attorney General of December 8, 2006 (Designation of Officers of the Department of Justice).

    Sec. 4. This order is intended to improve the internal management of the executive branch and is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against the United States, its agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

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      THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, December 9, 2008. Filed 12-10-08; 2:00 pm]

    [FR Doc. E8-29564

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Document Information

Published:
12/11/2008
Department:
Executive Office of the President
Entry Type:
Presidential Document
Document Type:
Executive Order
Document Number:
E8-29564
Pages:
75529-75532 (4 pages)
EOCitation:
E.O. 13481 of 2008-12-09
EONotes:
Supersedes: Memorandum of December 8, 2006 Revoked by: EO 13557, November 4, 2010
PDF File:
e8-29564.pdf