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Executive Order 13246: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury

President: George W. Bush

Set a line of succession among Treasury under secretaries, the General Counsel, deputy under secretaries and Senate-confirmed assistant secretaries when both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary were unavailable.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 13246 still in effect? No. Revoked August 12, 2016; successor order established.

What does Executive Order 13246 do?

The order assigned these duties: Listed Treasury officials — Act as Secretary in the prescribed sequence; President — Depart from the sequence where vacancies law permits.

Checked the Treasury sequence and related 2002 memorandum. EO 13735 expressly revoked both the order and memorandum in 2016; the Federal Vacancies Reform Act limits remain described.

SignedDecember 18, 2001
IssuerPresident George W. Bush
Lead agencies or officialsDepartment of the Treasury and the President
Express timingApplied during a qualifying vacancy or inability until revoked

Before and after

Before the order

EO 11822 supplied the prior Treasury succession order.

After the order

EO 13246 revoked EO 11822. EO 13261 amended its acting-capacity restriction in 2002, and a same-day presidential memorandum added officers. EO 13735 revoked both EO 13246 and that memorandum in 2016 and supplied a successor sequence.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Listed Treasury officialsAct as Secretary in the prescribed sequenceDuring a qualifying vacancy or inability
PresidentDepart from the sequence where vacancies law permitsCase by case
Treasury DepartmentDetermine oath-date priority and eligibilityWhenever the order was invoked

What happened next

EO 13246 signed.

EO 13246 replaced EO 11822.

EO 13261 amended the acting-capacity exception and a memorandum expanded the sequence.

EO 13735 revoked EO 13246 and the 2002 memorandum.