Amendment to Executive Order No. 11880
Headline: Allows Officer to Serve as Acting Commerce Secretary
What it does: The order allows the President to designate an officer to serve as Acting Secretary of Commerce without following prior succession rules.
- Authorizes a government officer to act temporarily as Commerce Secretary.
- Overrides earlier order provisions governing who may act as Secretary.
- Redesignates the former section 2 of the prior order as section 3.
Summary
This order changes a previous executive order to allow the President to direct a government officer to act as Secretary of Commerce at any time. It specifies that this can be done under law and without following the earlier order's provisions.
This affects officers defined by statute and the leadership of the Commerce Department. It also renumbers the former section 2 as section 3. The change gives the President clearer flexibility to appoint someone to carry out the Commerce Secretary's duties temporarily.
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