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The
United States Department of the Treasury is a United States Cabinet department and the treasury of the United States Federal government of the United States. It was established by an
Act of Congress in
1789 to manage government revenue. The first United States Secretary of the Treasury was
Alexander Hamilton. President of the United States George Washington asked Hamilton to serve after first having asked Robert Morris (merchant). Hamilton almost single-handedly worked out the nation's early financial system, and for several years was a major presence in Washington's administration as well. His statue still stands outside the Treasury building.
The Department is administered by the
United States Secretary of the Treasury and the
Treasurer of the United States who receives and keeps the money of the United States. The Department prints and mint (coinage) all paper currency and United States coinage in circulation through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint. It also collects all
taxation in the United States through the Internal Revenue Service.
History
The Office of the Treasurer is the only office in the Treasury Department that is older than the Department itself, as it was originally created by the
Continental Congress in
1775. The Department of the Treasury was created by an Act of Congress passed on September 2,
1789:
And be it...enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management of the revenue, and for the support of public credit; to prepare and report estimates of the public revenue, and the public expenditures; to superintend the collection of revenue; to decide on the forms of keeping and stating accounts and making returns, and to grant under the limitations herein established, or to be hereafter provided, all warrants for monies to be issued from the Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law; to execute such services relative to the sale of the lands belonging to the United States, as may be by law required of him; to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office; and generally to perform all such services relative to the finances, as he shall be directed to perform.
Alexander Hamilton was sworn in as the first Secretary of the Treasury on September 11,
1789. His portrait is on the
obverse of the
U.S. ten dollar bill and the Treasury Department building is shown on the
Obverse and reverse.
The current law, 31 U.S.C. section 301, reads as follows (in part):
:§ 301. Department of the Treasury
::(a) The Department of the Treasury is an executive department of the United States Government at the seat of the Government.
::(b) The head of the Department is the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
See .
Responsibilities
The basic functions of the Department of the Treasury include:
- Managing Federal finances;
- Collecting tax, tariff and trade and monies paid to and due to the U.S. and paying all bills of the U.S.;
- Producing all postage stamps, currency and coinage;
- Managing Government accounts and the U.S. public debt;
- Supervising national banks and thrift institutions;
- Advising on domestic and international financial, monetary policy, economic policy, industrial policy - fiscal policy being the sum of these, and the ultimate responsibility of Congress.
- Enforcing Federal finance and tax laws;
- Investigating and prosecuting tax evasions, counterfeitings, forgerys, smugglings, moonshinings, and gun law violators.
With respect to the estimation of revenues for the
Executive (government), Treasury serves a purpose parallel to that of the United States Office of Management and Budget for the estimation of spending for the executive branch, the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation for the estimation of revenues for Congress, and the Congressional Budget Office for the estimation of spending for Congress.
The term Treasury reform usually refers narrowly to reform of
monetary policy and related economic policy and accounting reform. The broader term monetary reform usually refers to reform of policy of institutions such as the
International Monetary Fund.
Organization
United States Secretary of the Treasury
- United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Under_Secretary_of_the_Treasury_for_Domestic_Finance
- Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions
- Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets
- Assistant Secretary for of Fiscal Service
- Financial Management Service
- Bureau of Public Debt
- Under_Secretary_of_the_Treasury_for_International_Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
- Under_Secretary_of_the_Treasury_for_Terrorism_and_Financial_Intelligence
- Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing
- Office_of_Intelligence_and_Analysis
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
- Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Management/Chief Financial Officer
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs/Director of Policy Planning
- Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy
- Inspector General
- General Counsel
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Office of Thrift Supervision
Effective
January 24, 2003 the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was no longer a Bureau of the Department of the Treasury. The law enforcement functions of ATF have been transferred to the United States Department of Justice. The tax and trade functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms remained with Treasury at the new Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
On
March 1,
2003 the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the United States Customs Service, and the United States Secret Service moved to the
United States Department of Homeland Security.
Under the Secretary's direct supervision are the departmental offices, which are responsible for management and policy formulation.
- Domestic Finance
- Economic Policy
- General Counsel
- Information and Technology Management
- International Affairs
- Management
- Public Affairs
- Tax Policy
- Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)
- Treasurer of the United States
The
Office of the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury is charged with supervising all legal proceedings involving the collection of debts due the United States, establishing regulations to guide customs collectors, issuing distress warrants against delinquent revenue collectors or receivers of public money, examining Treasury officers' official bonds and related legal documents, serving as legal adviser to the department and administered lands acquired by the United States in payment for debts. This office was preceded by the offices of the Comptroller of the Treasury (1789-1817),
First Comptroller of the Treasury (1817-20), Agent of the Treasury (1820-30) and Solicitor of the Treasury 1830-1934.
External links
- United States Department of the Treasury website
- Department Of The Treasury Meeting Notices and Rule Changes from The Federal Register RSS Feed
"Enough Wise Men, The Story of Our Constitution" by Forrest McDonaldPublished by the Dominion of Canada and by Longmans Canada Limited, Toronto 1970
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| seal = US-DeptOfTheTreasury-Seal.svg
| seal_width = 140 px
| seal_caption = [Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury
| formed =
September 2, [
| preceding1 = Board of Treasury
| jurisdiction = [Federal government of the United States
| headquarters = 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW[Washington, D.C.
| employees = 115,897 (2004)
| budget = $11.1 billion (2004)
| chief1_name = [Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
| chief1_position = [United States Secretary of the Treasury
| chief2_name = [Robert Kimmitt
| chief2_position = Deputy Secretary
| chief3_name = [Ann Escobedo Cabral
| chief3_position = [Treasurer of the United States
| child1_agency = [Internal Revenue Service
| child2_agency = [United States Mint
| child3_agency = [Bureau of Engraving and Printing
| child4_agency = [Template:US_Treasury_agencies
| website =
http://www.ustreas.gov/ www.ustreas.gov
-->.
The
United States Department of the Treasury is a
United States Cabinet department and the treasury of the United States Federal government of the United States. It was established by an
Act of Congress in
1789 to manage government revenue. The first
United States Secretary of the Treasury was
Alexander Hamilton.
President of the United States George Washington asked Hamilton to serve after first having asked Robert Morris (merchant). Hamilton almost single-handedly worked out the nation's early financial system, and for several years was a major presence in Washington's administration as well. His statue still stands outside the Treasury building.
The Department is administered by the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the
Treasurer of the United States who receives and keeps the money of the United States. The Department prints and
mint (coinage) all
paper currency and United States coinage in circulation through the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the
United States Mint. It also collects all taxation in the United States through the Internal Revenue Service.
History
The Office of the Treasurer is the only office in the Treasury Department that is older than the Department itself, as it was originally created by the
Continental Congress in
1775. The Department of the Treasury was created by an Act of Congress passed on
September 2,
1789:
And be it...enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management of the revenue, and for the support of public credit; to prepare and report estimates of the public revenue, and the public expenditures; to superintend the collection of revenue; to decide on the forms of keeping and stating accounts and making returns, and to grant under the limitations herein established, or to be hereafter provided, all warrants for monies to be issued from the Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law; to execute such services relative to the sale of the lands belonging to the United States, as may be by law required of him; to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office; and generally to perform all such services relative to the finances, as he shall be directed to perform.
Alexander Hamilton was sworn in as the first Secretary of the Treasury on September 11, 1789. His portrait is on the
obverse of the
U.S. ten dollar bill and the Treasury Department building is shown on the
Obverse and reverse.
The current law, 31 U.S.C. section 301, reads as follows (in part):
:§ 301. Department of the Treasury
::(a) The Department of the Treasury is an executive department of the United States Government at the seat of the Government.
::(b) The head of the Department is the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
See .
Responsibilities
The basic functions of the Department of the Treasury include:
- Managing Federal finances;
- Collecting tax, tariff and trade and monies paid to and due to the U.S. and paying all bills of the U.S.;
- Producing all postage stamps, currency and coinage;
- Managing Government accounts and the U.S. public debt;
- Supervising national banks and thrift institutions;
- Advising on domestic and international financial, monetary policy, economic policy, industrial policy - fiscal policy being the sum of these, and the ultimate responsibility of Congress.
- Enforcing Federal finance and tax laws;
- Investigating and prosecuting tax evasions, counterfeitings, forgerys, smugglings, moonshinings, and gun law violators.
With respect to the estimation of revenues for the
Executive (government), Treasury serves a purpose parallel to that of the
United States Office of Management and Budget for the estimation of spending for the executive branch, the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation for the estimation of revenues for Congress, and the Congressional Budget Office for the estimation of spending for Congress.
The term Treasury reform usually refers narrowly to reform of
monetary policy and related economic policy and
accounting reform. The broader term monetary reform usually refers to reform of policy of institutions such as the
International Monetary Fund.
Organization
United States Secretary of the Treasury
- United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Under_Secretary_of_the_Treasury_for_Domestic_Finance
- Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions
- Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets
- Assistant Secretary for of Fiscal Service
- Under_Secretary_of_the_Treasury_for_International_Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
- Under_Secretary_of_the_Treasury_for_Terrorism_and_Financial_Intelligence
- Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Management/Chief Financial Officer
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs/Director of Policy Planning
- Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy
- Internal Revenue Service
- Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
- Inspector General
- General Counsel
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Office of Thrift Supervision
Effective January 24,
2003 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was no longer a Bureau of the Department of the Treasury. The law enforcement functions of ATF have been transferred to the United States Department of Justice. The tax and trade functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms remained with Treasury at the new Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
On March 1, 2003 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the
United States Customs Service, and the United States Secret Service moved to the
United States Department of Homeland Security.
Under the Secretary's direct supervision are the departmental offices, which are responsible for management and policy formulation.
- Domestic Finance
- Economic Policy
- General Counsel
- Information and Technology Management
- International Affairs
- Management
- Public Affairs
- Tax Policy
- Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)
- Treasurer of the United States
The
Office of the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury is charged with supervising all legal proceedings involving the collection of debts due the United States, establishing regulations to guide customs collectors, issuing distress warrants against delinquent revenue collectors or receivers of public money, examining Treasury officers' official bonds and related legal documents, serving as legal adviser to the department and administered lands acquired by the United States in payment for debts. This office was preceded by the offices of the
Comptroller of the Treasury (1789-1817), First Comptroller of the Treasury (1817-20), Agent of the Treasury (1820-30) and
Solicitor of the Treasury 1830-1934.
External links
- United States Department of the Treasury website
- Department Of The Treasury Meeting Notices and Rule Changes from The Federal Register RSS Feed
"Enough Wise Men, The Story of Our Constitution" by Forrest McDonaldPublished by the Dominion of Canada and by Longmans Canada Limited, Toronto 1970
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