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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
[Treasury Order Number: 113-01]

 

Agreements and Arrangements with Intelligence Community Agencies, 
and Other Responsibilities of the Special Assistant to the Secretary 
(National Security)

January 11, 1994.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury, 
including the authority vested in the Secretary by 31 U.S.C. 321(b) and 
Executive Order (E.O.) 12333, it is ordered that:
    1. The Special Assistant to the Secretary (National Security) shall 
report to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary. For purposes of 
administrative and managerial control, the Special Assistant to the 
Secretary (National Security) and the Office of Intelligence Support 
shall be part of the Executive Secretariat.
    2. The Special Assistant to the Secretary (National Security) 
shall:
    a. Provide day-to-day intelligence support to the Secretary and 
other officials; and
    b. Represent Treasury on intelligence community committees and 
maintain continuous liaison with elements of the community.
    3. Agreements and Arrangements with Intelligence Community 
Agencies. The Special Assistant to the Secretary (National Security) 
shall review and coordinate all agreements and arrangements governing 
Treasury activity in support of one or more agencies within the 
intelligence community, as defined in E.O. 12333, or its successor, and 
for any intelligence community activity in support of one or more 
subordinate organizational units (``components'') within the Department 
of the Treasury.
    a. Any proposed agreement or arrangement involving one or more 
Treasury components acting either on a recurring or ad hoc basis in 
support of one or more intelligence community agencies, or vice versa, 
shall be reduced to writing and transmitted to the Special Assistant. 
Except as otherwise directed by the Secretary, the Special Assistant, 
after consultation with the General Counsel and Executive Secretary, 
shall submit the agreement or arrangement directly to the Secretary or 
Deputy Secretary for review and approval.
    b. The Special Assistant to the Secretary (National Security) is 
authorized to review and monitor, at that official's discretion, all 
such agreements and arrangements now in effect, and to report on a 
continuing basis regarding their status to the Secretary and Deputy 
Secretary.
    c. In exigent circumstances, the Special Assistant to the Secretary 
(National Security) may approve proposed agreements or arrangements of 
a noncontroversial nature. As soon as possible thereafter, the Special 
Assistant shall follow the procedure set out in paragraph 3.a.
    d. Department of the Treasury components shall notify the Special 
Assistant to the Secretary (National Security) each time they act 
pursuant to any agreement or arrangement approved under this or any 
predecessor Order.
    4. This Order shall not affect in any way the normal reporting 
relationships and operational responsibilities of Treasury officials. 
This Order does not apply to the routine exchange between the 
intelligence community and the Department of the Treasury of 
substantive intelligence information and recurring reports.
    5. The Office of Intelligence Support, under the direction of the 
Special Assistant to the Secretary (National Security), shall:
    a. screen and distribute, to appropriate Treasury officials, 
relevant State Department telegrams;
    b. prepare daily cable summaries and regular wire service news 
summaries on items of interest to Treasury officials;
    c. screen and distribute intelligence reports and publications to 
appropriate Treasury officials; and
    d. provide other intelligence support to the Secretary and other 
Treasury officials as appropriate.
    6. Cancellation. Treasury Order 113-01, ``Redesignation of the 
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development as the Assistant Secretary 
for Policy Management,'' dated March 30, 1989, is superseded.
Lloyd Bentsen,
Secretary of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 94-1346 Filed 1-19-94; 8:45 am]
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