For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 12, 2002
Memorandum for the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
July 10, 2002
SUBJECT: Designation of Officers of the United States
Agency for International Development to Act as Administrator
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.
Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this memorandum, during
any period when both the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development (Administrator) and the Deputy Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development (Deputy
Administrator) have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to
perform the functions and duties of the office of Administrator, the
following officers of the United States Agency for International
Development, in the order listed, shall perform the functions and
duties of the office of Administrator, if they are eligible to act as
Administrator under the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act
of 1998, until such time as the Administrator or Deputy Administrator
is able to perform the functions and duties of the office of
Administrator:
Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination;
Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs;
Assistant Administrator for Management; and
The Assistant Administrators for the following Bureaus in the order
in which they shall have taken the oath of office:
Bureau for Africa;
Bureau for Asia and the Near East;
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance;
Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade;
Bureau for Europe and Eurasia;
Bureau for Global Health; and
Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Sec. 2. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1
in an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act as
Administrator 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. 3345-3349d, to depart from this
memorandum in designating an acting Administrator.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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