What happens when the president and VP of the USA die?
United States presidential line of succession
The Act, which the president signed into law on July 18, 1947,[20] has been modified several times, with changes being made as the face of the federal bureaucracy has changed over the ensuing years. Its most recent change came about in 2006, when the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act added the secretary of Homeland Security to the presidential line of succession.[23][upper-alpha 10]