Designation of Officials of the United States Agency for International Development To Act as Administrator
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Designation of Officials of the United States Agency for International Development To Act as Administrator
This memorandum, issued by the President on January 3, 2025, outlines the order of succession for the role of Administrator at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It specifies which officials are authorized to perform the duties of the Administrator in the event of a vacancy. The memorandum also revokes a previous directive from December 9, 2008, and clarifies that it does not create any enforceable rights or benefits.
- Issued by the President on January 3, 2025.
- Establishes the order of succession for the USAID Administrator role.
- Succession order: Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources, Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming, and Assistant Administrators in order of appointment.
- Exceptions include individuals serving in an acting capacity or those not eligible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.
- The President retains discretion to alter the succession order.
- Revokes the previous memorandum from December 9, 2008.
- Clarifies that the memorandum does not impair existing legal authorities or create enforceable rights.
Summary last updated: January 11, 2025
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Memorandum of January 3, 2025
Designation of Officials of the United States
Agency for International Development To Act as
Administrator
Memorandum for the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development
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 memorandum, and to the
limitations set forth in the Act, the following
officials of the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), in the order listed, shall act as
and perform the functions and duties of the office of
the Administrator of USAID (Administrator) during any
period in which the Administrator has died, resigned,
or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and
duties of the office of Administrator:
(a) Deputy Administrator for Management and
Resources;
(b) Deputy Administrator for Policy and
Programming; and
(c) The Assistant Administrators for the Bureaus,
in the chronological order in which they were appointed
as an Assistant Administrator and, if Assistant
Administrators were appointed on the same day, in
alphabetical order by last name.
Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in
an office listed in section 1 of this memorandum in an
acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act as
Administrator pursuant to this memorandum.
(b) No individual who is serving in an office
listed in section 1 of this memorandum shall act as
Administrator unless that individual is otherwise
eligible to so serve under the Act.
(c) 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 Administrator.
Sec. 3. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of
December 9, 2008 (Designation of Officers of the United
States Agency for International Development to Act as
Administrator), 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 an executive 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 shall be implemented consistent
with applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) 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.
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(d) You are authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, January 3, 2025
[FR Doc. 2025-00675
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