Providing an Order of Succession Within the General Services Administration, 55585-55586 [2020-19963]

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 8, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 55585-55586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19963]



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Vol. 85

Tuesday,

No. 174

September 8, 2020

Part II





The President





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Memorandum of September 2, 2020--Providing an Order of Succession 
Within the General Services Administration


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 85 , No. 174 / Tuesday, September 8, 2020 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Memorandum of September 2, 2020

                
Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                General Services Administration

                Memorandum for the Administrator of General Services

                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, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''), 
                it is hereby ordered that:

                Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the 
                provisions of section 2 of this memorandum and to the 
                limitations set forth in the Act, the following 
                officials of the General Services Administration, in 
                the order listed, shall act as and perform the 
                functions and duties of the office of the Administrator 
                of General Services (Administrator), during any period 
                in which both the Administrator and Deputy 
                Administrator have died, resigned, or otherwise become 
                unable to perform the functions and duties of the 
                office of Administrator:

                    (a) Chief of Staff;
                    (b) General Counsel;
                    (c) Commissioner, Public Buildings Service;
                    (d) Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service;
                    (e) Deputy Commissioner, Public Buildings Service;
                    (f) Deputy Commissioner, Federal Acquisition 
                Service;
                    (g) Chief Financial Officer;
                    (h) Regional Administrator, Greater Southwest 
                Region (Region 7); and
                    (i) Regional Administrator, Great Lakes Region 
                (Region 5).

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

                    (b) No individual listed in section 1 of this 
                memorandum shall act as Administrator unless that 
                individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the 
                Act.
                    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this 
                memorandum, the President retains discretion, to the 
                extent permitted by law, to depart from this memorandum 
                in designating an acting Administrator.

                Sec. 3. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of 
                September 20, 2013 (Designation of Officers of the 
                General Services Administration to Act as Administrator 
                of General Services), is hereby revoked.

                Sec. 4. General Provision. This memorandum 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 
                departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 
                employees, or agents, or any other person.

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                Sec. 5. Publication. You are hereby authorized and 
                directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal 
                Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, September 2, 2020

[FR Doc. 2020-19963
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