DATE: April 3, 2003
REAFFIRMED: February 8, 2022
ADMINISTRATIVE EDIT: October 23, 2014
SUBJECT: Oversight for the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, and Customs Revenue Functions
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury, it is ordered that:
- DELEGATION TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY (TAX POLICY).
- The Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy) shall exercise supervision over the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy) may redelegate any or all of the authorities, powers, duties, and responsibilities inhering in this supervisory function to the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax, Trade and Tariff Policy).
- All authorities, powers, duties, and responsibilities relating to the Customs revenue functions vested in the Secretary of the Treasury, as those functions are set forth and defined in the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and as may be further defined by Treasury Orders and Directives, are delegated to the Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy), who shall consult with and be subject to the policy guidance of the Office of the Under Secretary (International Affairs) on matters of trade policy. The Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy) may redelegate any or all of these authorities, powers, duties, and responsibilities to the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax, Trade and Tariff Policy).
- DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (TAX, TRADE AND TARIFF POLICY).
There is established in the Office of Tax Policy, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax, Trade and Tariff Policy), who shall report to the Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy). Authority delegated to the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax, Trade and Tariff Policy) may be redelegated. - AUTHORITIES.
- Title 26, United States Code, section 7801(a) and Title 31, United States Code, section 321(b).
- Title 6, United States Code, section 212 (section 412 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002).
- OFFICE OF PRIMARY INTEREST. Office of Tax Policy.
/S/
John W. Snow
Secretary of the Treasury