10 U.S.C. § 7017
Secretary of the Army: successors to duties
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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If the Secretary of the Army dies, resigns, is removed from office, is absent, or is disabled, the person who is highest on the following list, and who is not absent or disabled, shall perform the duties of the Secretary until the President, under section 3347 11 See References in Text note below. of title 5, directs another person to perform those duties or until the absence or disability ceases:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019