Providing an Order of Succession in the Office of Management and Budget
Establishes Succession for Office of Management and Budget Leadership
What it does
Senior Office of Management and Budget officials must assume the Director's duties in a specified order if the Director and Deputy Director cannot serve.
Real-world impact
- Clarifies who will run the budget office if top leaders are unavailable.
- Bars individuals serving in an acting role from acting as Director.
- Gives the President discretion to appoint a different acting Director when permitted.
Topics
Summary
This order sets who will take charge of the Office of Management and Budget if the Director and Deputy Director die, resign, or cannot perform their duties. It lists a specific sequence of senior Office of Management and Budget officials who will perform the Director's functions if they meet eligibility rules under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.
The order also says people already serving in those listed jobs in an acting capacity cannot become Acting Director by virtue of that service, and it reserves the President's discretion to choose someone else when allowed by law.
Questions, answered
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