[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 18483-18484]
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[FR Doc No: 96-10550]
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 82 / Friday, April 26, 1996 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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                Executive Order 13000 of April 24, 1996
Order of Succession of Officers To Act as
                Secretary of
                Defense
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, including section 3347 of title 5, United
                States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
                Section 1. Succession to Act as the Secretary of
                Defense. (a) In the event of the death, permanent
                disability, or resignation of the Secretary of Defense,
                the incumbents holding the Department of Defense
                positions designated below, in the order indicated,
                shall act for and exercise the powers of the Secretary
                of Defense as Acting Secretary of Defense:
                      (1) Deputy Secretary of Defense.
                      (2) Secretary of the Army.
                      (3) Secretary of the Navy.
                      (4) Secretary of the Air Force.
                      (5) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
                and Technology.
                      (6) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
                      (7) Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
                      (8) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
                Readiness.
                      (9) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
                Acquisition and Technology.
                      (10) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
                Policy.
                      (11) Director of Defense Research and
                Engineering.
                      (12) The Assistant Secretaries of Defense, the
                Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, and the
                General Counsel of the Department of Defense, in the
                order fixed by their length of service as permanent
                appointees in such positions.
                      (13) Under Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and
                the Air Force, in the order fixed by their length of
                service as permanent appointees in such positions.
                      (14) Assistant Secretaries of the Army, the Navy,
                and the Air Force whose appointments are vested in the
                President, and General Counsels of the Army, the Navy,
                and the Air Force, in the order fixed by their length
                of service as permanent appointees in such positions.
                    (b) In the event of the temporary absence or
                temporary disability of the Secretary of Defense, the
                incumbents holding the Department of Defense positions
                designated in paragraph (a) of this section, in the
                order indicated, shall act for and exercise the powers
                of the Secretary of Defense as Acting Secretary of
                Defense.
                      (1) In these instances, the designation of an
                Acting Secretary of Defense applies only for the
                duration of the Secretary's absence or disability, and
                does not affect the authority of the Secretary to
                resume the powers of his office upon his return.
                      (2) In the event that the Secretary of Defense is
                temporarily absent from his position, the Secretary may
                continue to exercise the powers and fulfill the duties
                of this office during his absence, notwithstanding the
                provisions of this order.
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                    (c) Precedence among those officers designated in
                paragraphs (a)(12)-(14) of this section who have the
                same appointment date shall be determined by the
                Secretary of Defense at the time that such appointments
                are made.
                    (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
                section, an officer shall not act for or exercise the
                powers of the Secretary of Defense under this order if
                that officer serves only in an acting capacity in the
                position that would otherwise entitle him to do so.
                Sec. 2. Temporary Nature of Succession. Succession to
                act for and exercise the powers of the Secretary of
                Defense pursuant to this order shall be on a temporary
                or interim basis and shall not have the effect of
                vacating the statutory appointment held by the
                successor.
                Sec. 3. Revocation of Prior Executive Order. Executive
                Order No. 12787 of December 31, 1991, is hereby
                revoked.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    April 24, 1996.
[FR Doc. 96-10550
Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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