TREASURY ORDER 102-23
Date: August 13, 2004
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority With Respect to Retirement
Programs for
1. PURPOSE. By virtue of the authority
vested in the Secretary of the Treasury, including the authority vested by 31
U.S.C. 321(b), the Assistant Secretary
for Management is hereby delegated all duties, powers, rights and obligations
of the Secretary under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government
Improvement Act of 1997 (Title XI of Public Law 105-33), as amended (the
“Revitalization Act”), with respect to the retirement programs for District of
Columbia police officers, fire fighters, teachers, and judges (the “Retirement
Programs”).
2. DELEGATION.
a. The duties, powers, rights and
obligations delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Management include, but
are not limited to, the authority to issue regulations with respect to the
Retirement Programs as authorized by the Revitalization Act.
b. The
Assistant Secretary for Management shall be the “Secretary's designee” for
purposes of section 11003(15) of the Revitalization Act, and for any similar
statutory provision with respect to the administration of the Retirement
Programs.
3. REDELEGATION.
a. The duties, powers, rights, obligations and functions
delegated under this Order to the Assistant Secretary for Management may be redelegated. Any person receiving
such a redelegation shall be the "Secretary's
designee" for that purpose.
b. To the extent authorized by the
Revitalization Act, the Assistant Secretary for Management may confer upon any
person or other entity outside the Department of the Treasury any duties,
rights, powers, obligations, and functions delegated under paragraph 1 of this
Order, except the function described in paragraph 2.a. above.
Any person or other entity upon whom such authority is conferred shall
be the "Secretary's designee" for that purpose.
4. PRECEDENT ACTIONS. Any action
by an officer or employee of the Department previously taken pursuant to
Treasury Order 101-05, “Reporting Relationships and Supervision of Officials,
Offices and Bureaus, Delegation of Certain Authority, and Order of Succession
in the Department of the Treasury,” or other authority in connection with the
Retirement Programs, is hereby ratified and approved.
5. AUTHORITY. The National
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, Title XI of
Public Law 105-33 (111 Stat. 251, 712), as amended.
6. CANCELLATION. Treasury Order
number 102-23, dated June 23, 1999, is hereby rescinded.
7. OFFICE OF PRIMARY INTEREST. The
Office of D.C. Pensions, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management.
/S/
John
W. Snow
Secretary of the Treasury