Designation of Officers or Employees of the Office of Science and Technology Policy To Act as Director

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 7625-7626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01493]

Memorandum of January 13, 2017

Designation of Officers or Employees of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy To Act as
Director

Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy

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, 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 memorandum and the
limitations set forth in the Act, the following
officials of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP), in the order listed, shall act as and
perform the functions and duties of the office of the
Director of OSTP (Director), during any period in which
the Director has died, resigned, or otherwise become
unable to perform the functions and duties of the
office of Director, until such time as the Director is
able to perform the functions and duties of that
office:

(a) Associate Director (National Security and
International Affairs);
(b) Associate Director (Technology);
(c) Associate Director (Science);
(d) Associate Director (Environment and Energy);
(e) Chief of Staff;
(f) Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Director;
and
(g) General Counsel.

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in
an office listed in section 1 in any acting capacity,
by virtue of so serving, shall act as Director pursuant
to this memorandum.

(b) No individual listed in section 1 shall act as
Director unless that individual is otherwise eligible
to so serve under the Act.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this
memorandum, the President retains the discretion, to
the extent permitted by law, to depart from this
memorandum in designating an acting Director.

Sec. 3. Revocation. The President's memorandum of
August 5, 2009 (Designation of Officers of the Office
of Science and Technology Policy to Act as Director),
is hereby revoked.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head
thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) 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.

(c) You are authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, January 13, 2017