Amending the Order of Succession in the Department of Homeland Security

Signed by George Walker Bush on August 13, 2007.

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Signed recordAugust 13, 2007

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Publication record72 FR 45877

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Amends EO 13286, February 28, 2003;

Revokes EO 13362, November 29, 2004

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

Federal Register table of later actionsAmends: EO 13286, February 28, 2003; Revokes: EO 13362, November 29, 2004

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