Presidential Succession Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Presidential_Succession_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Presidential_Succession_Act_of_1886
2006 (technical amendment)
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
President and Vice President are unable to serve
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Presidency_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:3_U.S.C._§_19
gptkbp:dateEnacted July 18, 1947
gptkbp:eighthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Labor
gptkbp:eleventhCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Transportation
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:establishesOrder gptkb:Cabinet_officers_after_President_pro_tempore
President pro tempore of the Senate after Speaker
Speaker of the House after Vice President
gptkbp:fifteenthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Homeland_Security
gptkbp:fifthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_the_Interior
gptkbp:firstCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_State
gptkbp:fourteenthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs
gptkbp:fourthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:United_States_Senator
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Presidential Succession Act
gptkbp:ninthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services
gptkbp:purpose establish line of succession to the presidency
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
gptkb:25th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Presidential_Succession_Act_of_1886
gptkbp:requires successor must meet constitutional requirements for presidency
gptkbp:secondCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_the_Treasury
gptkbp:seventhCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Commerce
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:sixthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Agriculture
gptkbp:tenthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development
gptkbp:thirdCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Defense
gptkbp:thirteenthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Education
gptkbp:twelfthCabinetOfficerInLine gptkb:Secretary_of_Energy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5