[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 25, 2013 /
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Memorandum of September 20, 2013
Designation of Officers of the Office of the
Director of National Intelligence To Act as Director of
National Intelligence
Memorandum for the Director of National Intelligence
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 sections 2 and 3 of this memorandum, and
to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following
officials of the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, in the order listed, shall act as and
perform the functions and duties of the Director of
National Intelligence (DNI) during any period in which
the DNI and the Principal Deputy Director of National
Intelligence have died, resigned, or otherwise become
unable to perform the functions and duties of the DNI:
(a) Deputy Director of National Intelligence for
Intelligence Integration;
(b) Director of the National Counterterrorism
Center;
(c) National Counterintelligence Executive; and
(d) Inspector General of the Intelligence
Community.
Sec. 2. National Security Act of 1947. This memorandum
shall not supersede the authority of the Principal
Deputy Director of National Intelligence to act for,
and exercise the powers of, the DNI during the absence
or disability of the DNI or during a vacancy in the
position of the DNI (National Security Act of 1947, as
amended, 50 U.S.C. 3026).
Sec. 3. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in
an office listed in section 1(a)-(d) of this memorandum
in an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving,
act as the DNI pursuant to this memorandum.
(b) No individual listed in section 1(a)-(d) of
this memorandum shall act as the DNI 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 DNI.
(d) In the event that the Director of the National
Counterterrorism Center acts as and performs the
functions and duties of the DNI pursuant to section 1
of this memorandum, that individual shall not
simultaneously serve as Director of the National
Counterterrorism Center during that time, in accordance
with 50 U.S.C. 3056.
Sec. 4. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of
March 8, 2011 (Designation of Officers of the Office of
the Director of National Intelligence to Act as
Director of National Intelligence), is hereby revoked.
Sec. 5. Judicial Review. 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. 6. Publication. You are authorized and directed to
publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 20, 2013
[FR Doc. 2013-23545
Filed 9-24-13; 11:15 am]
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