Office Current officer   1 Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris (D) RC 2 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D) RC 3 President pro tempore of the Senate Patrick Leahy (D) RC 4 Secretary of State Antony Blinken (D) J 5 Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen (D) J 6 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (D) RC 7 Attorney General Merrick Garland (D) CJ 8 Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (D) RC 9 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (D) RC
RC=Roman Catholicism:	Orders from Rome could take precedence	(as claimed in 2012 by GOP candidate Rick Santorum and others [cf])
J=Judaism	Orders from Israel could take precedence	(as indicated in 2011 by then GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor [cf])
CJ=Conservative Judaism	Orders from Israel could take precedence	(as indicated in 2011 by then GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor [cf])