[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 17 (Monday, May 2, 1994)]
[Pages 895-896]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12909--Order of Succession of Officers to Act as 
Secretary of the Air Force

April 22, 1994

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 3347 of 
title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Succession to Act as the Secretary of the Air Force. (a) 
In the event of the death, permanent disability, or resignation of the 
Secretary of the Air Force, the incumbents holding the positions 
designated below, in the order indicated, shall act for and exercise the 
powers of the Secretary of the Air Force:
    (1) The Under Secretary of the Air Force.
    (2) The Assistant Secretaries and General Counsel of the Air Force, 
      in the order fixed by their length of service as permanent 
      appointees in such positions.
    (3) The Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
    (b) In the event of the absence or temporary disability of the 
Secretary of the Air Force, the incumbents holding the Department of the 
Air Force positions designated in paragraph (a) of this section, in the 
order indicated, shall act for and exercise the powers of the Secretary 
of the Air Force.
    (1) The designation of an Acting Secretary of the Air Force applies 
      only for the duration of the Secretary's absence or disability, 
      and does not affect the authority of the Secretary to resume the 
      powers of the Secretary's office.
    (2) In the event that the Secretary of the Air Force is temporarily 
      absent from the position, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
      continue to exercise the powers and fulfill the duties of his 
      office during the absence, notwithstanding the provisions of this 
      order.
    (c) Precedence among those officers designated in paragraph (a) of 
this section who have the same date of appointment shall be determined 
by the Secretary of the Air Force at the time that such appointments are 
made.
    (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, an 
officer shall not act for or exercise the powers of the Secretary of the 
Air Force under this order if that officer serves only in an acting 
capacity in the position that would otherwise entitle him to do so.
    Sec. 2. Temporary Nature of Succession. Succession to act for and 
exercise the powers of the Secretary of the Air Force pursuant to this 
order shall be on a temporary or interim basis and shall not have the 
effect of vacating the statutory appointment held by the successor.

                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
April 22, 1994.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11 a.m., April 25, 1994]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
April 26. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.

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