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Executive Order: Amending the Order of Succession in the Department of
Homeland Security
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary August 13, 2007

Executive Order: Amending the Order of Succession in the Department of
Homeland Security

˙˙White House News


˙˙˙˙ 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 as
follows:

˙˙˙˙Section1.˙ Section˙88 of Executive Order˙13286 of February˙28, 2003
("Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the
Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security"), is
amended by striking the text of such section in its entirety and inserting
the following in lieu thereof:

"Sec. 88. ˙Order of Succession.

Subject to the provisions of subsection˙(b) of this section, the officers
named in subsection˙(a) of this section, in the order listed, shall act as,
and perform the functions and duties of the office of, the Secretary of
Homeland Security (Secretary), if they are eligible to act as Secretary
under the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998,
5˙U.S.C.˙3345 et seq. (Vacancies Act), during any period in which the
Secretary has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the
functions and duties of the office of Secretary.

(a) ˙Order of Succession.

"(i)˙˙˙˙˙˙ Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security;

˙˙˙˙ (ii)˙˙˙˙˙ Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs;

˙˙˙˙ (iii)˙˙˙˙ Under Secretary for Management;

˙˙˙˙ (iv)˙˙˙˙˙ Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Policy);

˙˙˙˙ (v)˙˙˙˙˙˙ Under Secretary for Science and Technology;

˙˙˙˙ (vi)˙˙˙˙˙ General Counsel;

˙˙˙˙ (vii)˙˙˙˙ Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation
Security Administration);

˙˙˙˙ (viii)˙˙˙ Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

˙˙˙˙ (ix)˙˙˙˙˙ Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;

˙˙˙˙ (x)˙˙˙˙˙˙ Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement);

˙˙˙˙ (xi)˙˙˙˙˙ Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services;

˙˙˙˙ (xii)˙˙˙˙ Chief Financial Officer;

˙˙˙˙ (xiii)˙˙˙ Regional Administrator, Region V, Federal Emergency
Management Agency;

˙˙˙˙ (xiv)˙˙˙˙ Regional Administrator, Region VI, Federal Emergency
Management Agency;

˙˙˙˙ (xv)˙˙˙˙˙ Regional Administrator, Region VII, Federal Emergency
Management Agency;

˙˙˙˙ (xvi)˙˙˙˙ Regional Administrator, Region IX, Federal Emergency
Management Agency; and

˙˙˙˙ (xvii)˙˙˙ Regional Administrator, Region I, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.

"(b) ˙Exceptions.

(i) ˙No individual who is serving in an office listed in˙subsection (a) in
an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Secretary
pursuant to this section.

(ii) ˙Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the President retains
discretion, to the extent permitted by the Vacancies Act, to depart from
this order in designating an acting Secretary."

˙˙˙˙Sec. 2.˙ Executive Order˙13362 of November˙29, 2004 ("Designation of
Additional Officers for the Department of Homeland Security Order of
Succession"), is hereby revoked.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 13, 2007.

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