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FR Doc. 05-24597 Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense

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                Executive Order 13394 of December 22, 2005

                
Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
                Department of Defense

                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., it is hereby ordered as 
                follows:

                Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of 
                this order, the officers named in section 2, in the 
                order listed, shall act as and perform the functions 
                and duties of the office of the Secretary of Defense 
                (Secretary) during any period when the Secretary has 
                died, resigned, or is otherwise unable to perform the 
                functions and duties of the office of Secretary.

                Sec. 2. Order of Succession.

                    (a) Deputy Secretary of Defense;
                    (b) Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence;
                    (c) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
                    (d) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
                Technology, and Logistics;
                    (e) Secretary of the Army;
                    (f) Secretary of the Air Force;
                    (g) Secretary of the Navy;
                    (h) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
                Readiness and the Under Secretary of Defense 
                (Comptroller);
                    (i) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
                Acquisition and Technology, Deputy Under Secretary of 
                Defense for Policy, and Deputy Under Secretary of 
                Defense for Personnel and Readiness;
                    (j) General Counsel of the Department of Defense, 
                the Assistant Secretaries of Defense, and the Director 
                of Operational Test and Evaluation;
                    (k) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics 
                and Material Readiness and the Director of Defense 
                Research and Engineering;
                    (l) Under Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and 
                the Air Force; and
                    (m) Assistant Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, 
                and the Air Force, and General Counsels of the Army, 
                the Navy, and the Air Force.

                Sec. 3. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in 
                an office listed in section 2(a)-(m) in an acting 
                capacity shall act as Secretary pursuant to this order.

                    (b) Precedence among officers designated within the 
                same subsection of section 2 of this order shall be 
                determined by the order in which they have been 
                appointed to such office by the President. Where 
                officers designated within the same subsection of 
                section 2 of this order are appointed on the same date, 
                precedence will be determined by the order in which 
                they have taken the oath to serve in that office.
                    (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 Secretary.

                Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This order is intended to 
                improve the internal management of the executive branch 
                and is not intended to, and does

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                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, entities, officers, employees or agents, or 
                any other person.

                Sec. 5. Revocation. Executive Order No. 13000 of April 
                24, 1996, and the President's memorandum of June 2, 
                2005, entitled: ``Order of Succession of Officers to 
                Act as Secretary of Defense,'' are hereby revoked.

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                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     December 22, 2005.

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FR Doc. 05-24596 Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

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                Executive Order 13393 of December 22, 2005

                
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the laws cited herein, it is hereby 
                ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic 
                pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as 
                defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 
                U.S.C. 5303(a), are set forth on the schedules attached 
                hereto and made a part hereof:

                    (a) The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at 
                Schedule 1;
                    (b) The Foreign Service Schedule (22 U.S.C. 3963) 
                at Schedule 2; and
                    (c) The schedules for the Veterans Health 
                Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
                (38 U.S.C. 7306, 7404; section 301(a) of Public Law 
                102-40; section 3(d) of Public Law 108-445) at Schedule 
                3.

                Sec. 2. Senior Executive Service. The ranges of rates 
                of basic pay for senior executives in the Senior 
                Executive Service, as established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
                5382, are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto and 
                made a part hereof.

                Sec. 3. Certain Executive, Legislative, and Judicial 
                Salaries. The rates of basic pay or salaries for the 
                following offices and positions are set forth on the 
                schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:

                    (a) The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5312-5318) at 
                Schedule 5;
                    (b) The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the 
                Congress (2 U.S.C. 31) at Schedule 6; and
                    (c) Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 
                252, and 461(a), section 140 of Public Law 97-92, and 
                section 405 of Public Law 109-115) at Schedule 7.

                Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. Pursuant to section 601(a)-
                (b) of Public Law 108-375, the rates of monthly basic 
                pay (37 U.S.C. 203(a)) for members of the uniformed 
                services, as adjusted under 37 U.S.C. 1009, and the 
                rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37 U.S.C. 
                203(c)) are set forth on Schedule 8 attached hereto and 
                made a part hereof.

                Sec. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments.

                    (a) Pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 
                States Code, and section 843 of Public Law 109-115, 
                locality-based comparability payments shall be paid in 
                accordance with Schedule 9 attached hereto and made a 
                part hereof.
                    (b) The Director of the Office of Personnel 
                Management shall take such actions as may be necessary 
                to implement these payments and to publish appropriate 
                notice of such payments in the Federal Register.

                Sec. 6.  Administrative Law Judges. The rates of basic 
                pay for administrative law judges, as adjusted under 5 
                U.S.C. 5372(b)(4), are set forth on Schedule 10 
                attached hereto and made a part hereof.

                Sec. 7. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective on 
                January 1, 2006. The other schedules contained herein 
                are effective on the first day of the first applicable 
                pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2006.

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                Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 13368 
                of December 30, 2004, is superseded.

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                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     December 22, 2005.

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