Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget

Presidential Document Executive Order

Executive Order 14138: Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget

On January 3, 2025, an Executive Order was issued to establish a clear order of succession within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This order outlines the hierarchy of officials who will assume the role of Director in the event that both the Director and Deputy Director are unable to perform their duties. The order also revokes a previous Executive Order from 2012 and clarifies that the President retains discretion in appointing an acting Director.

  • The Executive Order was issued on January 3, 2025, and published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2025.
  • It establishes a succession plan for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
  • The order lists specific officials in a hierarchical order to assume the Director's role if both the Director and Deputy Director are unavailable.
  • Officials listed include the Deputy Director for Management, Executive Associate Director, and various Associate Directors, among others.
  • Individuals serving in an acting capacity in these roles are not eligible to act as Director.
  • The President retains the discretion to appoint an acting Director outside of this order.
  • Executive Order 13615 from May 21, 2012, is revoked by this new order.
  • The order does not create any enforceable rights or benefits against the U.S. government.

Summary last updated: January 11, 2025

Original Text
Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 2585-2586] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-00619] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 7 / Monday, January 13, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 2585]] Executive Order 14138 of January 3, 2025 Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget 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 officials 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 of the Office of Management and Budget (Director) during any period in which both the Director and the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget 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 (Climate, Energy, Environment, and Science 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; and (l) Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government. Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1(a)-(l) of this order in an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act as Director pursuant to this order. (b) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1(a)-(l) 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 13615 of May 21, 2012 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget), is hereby revoked. Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or [[Page 2586]] (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. (c) 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. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, January 3, 2025. [FR Doc. 2025-00619 Filed 1-10-25; 8:45 am] Billing code 3395-F4-P

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