United States Department of The Treasury - Organization

Organization

  • Secretary of the Treasury
    • Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
      • Treasurer of the United States
        • Bureau of Engraving and Printing
        • United States Mint
      • Under Secretary for Domestic Finance
        • Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions
          • Office of Financial Institutions
        • Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets
          • Office of Financial Markets
        • Fiscal Assistant Secretary
          • Office of Fiscal Service
          • Bureau of Public Debt
          • Financial Management Service
        • Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability
          • Office of Financial Stability
      • Under Secretary for International Affairs
        • Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development
        • Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
      • Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, (Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence)
        • Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing
          • Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes
        • Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
          • Office of Intelligence and Analysis
        • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
        • Office of Foreign Assets Control
        • Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture
      • Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy
      • Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
      • Assistant Secretary for Management/Chief Financial Officer/Chief Performance Officer
      • Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs/Director of policy planning
      • Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy
        • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
      • Commissioner of Internal Revenue
        • Internal Revenue Service
      • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
      • Office of the General Counsel
      • Office of the Inspector General
      • Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Official website


The Office of the General Counsel 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.

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