[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 51 (Monday, December 26, 2005)]
[Pages 1900-1901]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence To Act as Director of National Intelligence

December 20, 2005

Memorandum for the Director of National Intelligence

Subject: Designation of Officers of the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence To Act as Director of National Intelligence

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies 
Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345, et seq., it is hereby ordered that:
    Section 1. Subject to the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of this 
memorandum, the officers of the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence named in section 2, in the order listed, shall act as and 
perform the functions and duties of the office of the Director of 
National Intelligence (DNI), during any period in which the DNI and the 
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence have died, resigned, 
or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the 
office of the DNI, until such time as at least one of the officers 
listed in this section is able to perform the functions and duties of 
the DNI.
    Sec. 2. Order of Succession.
    (a) Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Management;
    (b) Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection;
    (c) Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis;
    (d) Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Customer Outcomes;
    (e) Chief of Staff, Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
    (f) General Counsel, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; and
    (g) Chief Information Officer, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence.
    Sec. 3. National Security Act of 1947. This memorandum shall not 
supercede the authority of the Principal Deputy Director of National 
Intelligence to act for, and exercise the powers of, the Director of 
National Intelligence during the absence or disability of the Director 
of National Intelligence or during a vacancy in the position of Director 
of National Intelligence, (National Security Act of 1947, as amended, 50 
U.S.C. 403-3a).
    Sec. 4. Exceptions.
    (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 2 in 
an acting capacity shall act as the DNI pursuant to this section.
    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President 
retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this 
memorandum in designating an acting DNI.
    Sec. 5. Publication.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.

                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., December 22, 
2005]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on December 
23.

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