Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Transportation

(a) Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration;

(b) Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration;

(c) Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration;

(d) Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration;

(e) Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration;

(f) Administrator of the Maritime Administration;

(g) Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration;

(h) Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;

(i) Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration;

(j) Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation;

(k) Regional Administrator, Southern Region, Federal Aviation Administration;

(l) Director, Resource Center, Lakewood, Colorado, Federal Highway Administration; and

(m) Regional Administrator, Northwest Mountain Region, Federal Aviation Administration.

(b) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 shall act as Secretary unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.

(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.