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Code · U.S. Code · Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE · CHAPTER 3— DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · SUBCHAPTER I— ORGANIZATION · § 306

§ 306. Fiscal Service

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(a)The Fiscal Service is a service in the Department of the Treasury.
(b)The head of the Fiscal Service is the Fiscal Assistant Secretary appointed under section 301(d) of this title.
(c)The Fiscal Service has a—
(1)Bureau of Government Financial Operations, having as its head a Commissioner of Government Financial Operations; and
(2)Bureau of the Public Debt, having as its head a Commissioner of the Public Debt.
(d)The Secretary of the Treasury may designate another officer or employee of the Department to act as the Fiscal Assistant Secretary when the Fiscal Assistant Secretary is absent or unable to serve or when the office of Fiscal Assistant Secretary is vacant.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 879; Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7801, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3860.)
In subsection (a), the word “service” is substituted for “agency” in section 1(a)(1)(words before last comma) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1940 (eff. June 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1232) for consistency in the revised title. The words related to the organizational units being consolidated into the Fiscal Service are omitted as executed.
In subsection (b), the text of section 1(a)(7)(2d sentence) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1940 is omitted because of the source provisions restated in section 301(d) of the revised title.
In subsection (c), the words “Office of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary” in section 1(a)(2) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1940 are omitted as unnecessary and for consistency in chapter 3 of the revised title. The words “the Office of the Treasurer of the United States” are omitted because this office is no longer in the Fiscal Service. See Department of the Treasury Order 229 of January 14, 1974 (39 F.R. 2280). The words “Bureau of Government Financial Operations” are substituted for “Bureau of Accounts” because of Treasury Order 229 and appropriation Acts beginning with fiscal year 1975.
The text of section 1(a)(2)(last sentence) is omitted as unnecessary because of section 301 of the revised title. The words “Commissioner of Government Financial Operations” are substituted for “Commissioner of Accounts and Deposits” in section 1(a)(3) of the Reorganization Plan because of Treasury Order 229 and appropriation Acts beginning with fiscal year 1975. The words before the last comma are omitted as executed. The words related to the organizational units, in section 1(a)(4) of the Reorganization Plan, that are being consolidated into the Bureau of the Public Debt are omitted as executed.
Subsection
(d)is substituted for the text of section 1(a)(7)(last sentence) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1940 for consistency in the revised title. The text of section 1(a)(5) and (6), (b), and
(c)is omitted as superseded by the source provisions restated in section 321 of the revised title.
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  • Pub. L. 97–258
  • 96 Stat. 879
  • Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7801
  • 118 Stat. 3860
  • 54 Stat. 1232
  • Pub. L. 108–458
  • Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(h) [title I]
  • 112 Stat. 2681–480
  • section 104 of Public Law 101–136
  • 103 Stat. 789
  • Pub. L. 105–61, title I
  • 111 Stat. 1279
  • Pub. L. 103–329, title I, § 105
  • 108 Stat. 2390
  • Pub. L. 102–393, title I, § 105
  • 106 Stat. 1737
  • Pub. L. 101–136, title I, § 104
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 97–258
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7801
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Stat.54 Stat. 1232
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