82_FR_7637 82 FR 7625 - Designation of Officers or Employees of the Office of Science and Technology Policy To Act as Director

82 FR 7625 - Designation of Officers or Employees of the Office of Science and Technology Policy To Act as Director

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                Memorandum of January 13, 2017

                
Designation of Officers or Employees of the 
                Office of Science and Technology Policy To Act as 
                Director

                Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Science 
                and Technology Policy

                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. (the ``Act''), it is hereby 
                ordered that:

                Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the 
                provisions of section 2 of this memorandum and the 
                limitations set forth in the Act, the following 
                officials of the Office of Science and Technology 
                Policy (OSTP), in the order listed, shall act as and 
                perform the functions and duties of the office of the 
                Director of OSTP (Director), during any period in which 
                the Director has died, resigned, or otherwise become 
                unable to perform the functions and duties of the 
                office of Director, until such time as the Director is 
                able to perform the functions and duties of that 
                office:

                    (a) Associate Director (National Security and 
                International Affairs);
                    (b) Associate Director (Technology);
                    (c) Associate Director (Science);
                    (d) Associate Director (Environment and Energy);
                    (e) Chief of Staff;
                    (f) Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Director; 
                and
                    (g) General Counsel.

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

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

                Sec. 3. Revocation. The President's memorandum of 
                August 5, 2009 (Designation of Officers of the Office 
                of Science and Technology Policy to Act as Director), 
                is hereby revoked.

                Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this 
                memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise 
                affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head 
thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) 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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                    (c) You are authorized and directed to publish this 
                memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, January 13, 2017

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                                                                                                   Memorandum of January 13, 2017

                                                                                                   Designation of Officers or Employees of the Office of Science
                                                                                                   and Technology Policy To Act as Director


                                                                                                   Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
                                                                                                   Policy

                                                                                                   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. (the ‘‘Act’’), it is hereby ordered that:
                                                                                                   Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of
                                                                                                   this memorandum and the limitations set forth in the Act, the following
                                                                                                   officials of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in the
                                                                                                   order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office
                                                                                                   of the Director of OSTP (Director), during any period in which the Director
                                                                                                   has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions
                                                                                                   and duties of the office of Director, until such time as the Director is
                                                                                                   able to perform the functions and duties of that office:
                                                                                                     (a) Associate Director (National Security and International Affairs);
                                                                                                      (b) Associate Director (Technology);
                                                                                                      (c) Associate Director (Science);
                                                                                                      (d) Associate Director (Environment and Energy);
                                                                                                      (e) Chief of Staff;
                                                                                                      (f) Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Director; and
                                                                                                     (g) General Counsel.
                                                                                                   Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed
                                                                                                   in section 1 in any acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as
                                                                                                   Director pursuant to this memorandum.
                                                                                                     (b) No individual listed in section 1 shall act as Director unless that
                                                                                                   individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Act.
                                                                                                      (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this memorandum, the President
                                                                                                   retains the discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this
                                                                                                   memorandum in designating an acting Director.
                                                                                                   Sec. 3. Revocation. The President’s memorandum of August 5, 2009 (Designa-
                                                                                                   tion of Officers of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to Act
                                                                                                   as Director), is hereby revoked.
                                                                                                   Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be con-
                                                                                                   strued to impair or otherwise affect:
                                                                                                      (i) the authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head
                                                                                                      thereof; or
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                                                                                                      (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
                                                                                                      relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
                                                                                                      (b) 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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                                                                                                     (c) You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
                                                                                                   Federal Register.




                                                                                                   THE WHITE HOUSE,
                                                                                                   Washington, January 13, 2017


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