Further Amendments To Executive Orders 12139 And 12949 In Light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008

Executive Order 13475 of October 7, 2008

Further Amendments To Executive Orders 12139 And
12949 In Light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including sections 104 and 303 of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.), as amended by the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 (Public
Law 110-261), it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Section 1-103 of Executive Order 12139 of
May 23, 1979, as amended, is further amended by:

(a) striking ``(7)'' each place it appears and
inserting in lieu thereof ``(6)'';
(b) adding after subsection (h) ``(i) Deputy
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.''; and
(c) by adding after the sentence that begins ``None
of the above officials . . .'', a new sentence to read
``The requirement of the preceding sentence that the
named official must be appointed by the President with
the advice and consent of the Senate does not apply to
the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.''

Sec. 2. Section 3 of Executive Order 12949 of February
9, 1995, as amended, is further amended by:

(a) striking ``(7)'' each place it appears and
inserting in lieu thereof ``(6)'';
(b) striking ``and'' at the end of subsection (g);
(c) striking the period at the end of subsection
(h) and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and'';
(d) adding after subsection (h) ``(i) Deputy
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.''; and
(e) by adding after the sentence that begins ``None
of the above officials . . .'', a new sentence to read
``The requirement of the preceding sentence that the
named official must be appointed by the President with
the advice and consent of the Senate does not apply to
the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.''

Sec. 3. 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 agencies, instrumentalities, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 7, 2008.