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This executive order, signed by President Barack Obama on 2012-05-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪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.
▪Executive Order 13370 of January 13, 2005 (Providing an Order of Succession in the Office of Management and Budget), is hereby revoked.
Exec. Order No. 13615, Barack Obama (May 21, 2012). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13615-providing-order-succession-within-the-office-management-and-budget.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
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 section 2 of this order, and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following officers of the Office of Management and Budget, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Director during any period in which both the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Director) and the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Deputy Director) have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Director: (a) Deputy Director for Management; (b) Executive Associate Director; (c) Associate Director (National Security Programs); (d) Associate Director (General Government Programs); (e) Associate Director (Education, Income Maintenance, and Labor Programs); (f) Associate Director (Health Programs); (g) Associate Director (Natural Resource Programs); (h) General Counsel; (i) Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy; (j) Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; (k) Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management; (l) Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government; and (m) Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1(a)-(m) of this order in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Director pursuant to this order. (b) No individual listed in section 1(a)-(m) of this order shall act as Director unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Act. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this order in designating an acting Director. Sec. 3. Revocation. Executive Order 13370 of January 13, 2005 (Providing an Order of Succession in the Office of Management and Budget), is hereby revoked. Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This order 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. BARACK OBAMA