[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1.26]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 1_ORGANIZATION AND DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B_Office of the Secretary
 
Sec.  1.26  Secretarial succession.

    (a) The following officials, in the order indicated, shall act as 
Secretary of Transportation, in case of the absence or disability of the 
Secretary, until the absence or disability ceases, or, in case of a 
vacancy, until a successor is appointed:
    (1) Deputy Secretary.
    (2) Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.
    (3) General Counsel.
    (4) Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
    (5) Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.
    (6) Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs.
    (7) Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs.
    (8) Assistant Secretary for Administration.
    (9) Federal Aviation Administrator.
    (10) Federal Aviation Administration Regional Administrator, 
Southwest Region.
    (11) Federal Aviation Administration Regional Administrator, Great 
Lakes Region.
    (b) Without regard to the foregoing, a person directed to perform 
the duties of the Secretary pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

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3347 shall act as Secretary of Transportation.

[Amdt. 1-157, 45 FR 83405, Dec. 18, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 1-184, 48 
FR 44079, Sept. 27, 1983; Amdt. 1-261, 59 FR 10063, Mar. 3, 1994; Amdt. 
1-291, 62 FR 55357, Oct. 24, 1997; 68 FR 35184, June 12, 2003]