Treasury Act of 1789

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The Treasury Act of 1789 was a foundational U.S. law that created the Department of the Treasury and established the federal government's core financial and fiscal administration.

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Treasury Department Act of 1789 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
foundational law of the United States federal government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
branchOfLaw administrative law ⓘ
financial law ⓘ
contemporaryWith Act to Establish the Department of State ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
creates United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
createsExecutiveDepartment Department of the Treasury ⓘ
definesDutiesOf Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
Comptroller of the Treasury ⓘ
Register of the Treasury ⓘ
Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
Treasurer of the United States ⓘ
definesRoleOf Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
enables operation of the Department of the Treasury ⓘ
enactedBy 1st United States Congress ⓘ
establishes core fiscal administration of the United States government ⓘ
federal financial administration of the United States ⓘ
establishesOffice Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
Comptroller of the Treasury ⓘ
Register of the Treasury ⓘ
Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
Treasurer of the United States ⓘ
governmentBranchAffected executive branch of the United States ⓘ
headOfCreatedDepartment Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early national period of the United States ⓘ
implementedBy Department of the Treasury ⓘ
influenced development of U.S. federal budgetary practices ⓘ
structure of later U.S. financial agencies ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm public law ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
purpose to centralize federal fiscal administration ⓘ
to organize the financial branch of the federal government ⓘ
to provide for the collection and custody of public revenue ⓘ
relatedTo United States Constitution ⓘ
creation of the executive departments of the United States ⓘ
signedBy George Washington ⓘ
significance established institutional framework for federal fiscal management ⓘ
foundational statute for U.S. federal financial policy ⓘ
subjectMatter federal revenue administration ⓘ
management of public funds ⓘ
public finance ⓘ

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United States Department of the Treasury → legalBasis → Treasury Department Act of 1789 ⓘ
subject linked to: UST
linked to: Treasury Act of 1789