[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48200-48201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23068]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
[Treasury Directive Number 15-54]


Delegation of Authority to the Director, United States Secret 
Service, To Investigate Violations of 18 U.S.C. Secs. 1956 and 1957

September 11, 1995.
    1. Purpose. This Directive delegates to the Director, United States 
Secret Service, authority to investigate violations of 18 U.S.C. 
Secs. 1956 and 1957.
    2. Delegation. By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary 
of the Treasury by 18 U.S.C. Secs. 981, 1956(e), 1957(e) and the 
authority delegated to the Under Secretary (Enforcement) by Treasury 
Order (TO) 101-05, there is hereby delegated to the Director, United 
States Secret Service:
    a. investigatory authority over violations of 18 U.S.C. Secs. 1956 
and 1957 involving an offense under 18 U.S.C. Secs. 471-473 
(counterfeiting of obligations or securities of the United States); 18 
U.S.C. Secs. 500-503 (counterfeiting of blank or postal money orders, 
postage stamps, foreign government postage and revenue stamps, and 
postmarking stamps); 18 U.S.C. Sec. 657 (involving theft, embezzlement 
or misapplication by employees of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation); and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1029 (fraud and related activity in 
connection with access devices); and
    b. seizure and forfeiture authority and related authority under 18 
U.S.C. Sec. 981 relating to violations of Sec. 1956 or 1957 within the 
investigatory jurisdiction of Secret Service under paragraph 2.a., and 
seizure authority under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 981 relating to any other 
violations of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1956 or 1957 if the bureau with 
investigatory authority is not present to make the seizure. Property 
seized under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 981 where investigatory jurisdiction is 
with another bureau not present at the time of the seizure shall be 
turned over to that bureau.
    3. Forfeiture Remission. The Director, United States Secret 
Service, is authorized to remit or mitigate forfeitures of property 
valued at not more than $500,000 seized pursuant to paragraph 2.b.
    4. Redelegation. The authority delegated by this directive may be 
redelegated.
    5. Coordination.
    a. If at any time during an investigation of a violation of 18 
U.S.C. Sec. 1956 or 1957, Secret Service discovers evidence of a matter 
within the jurisdiction of another Treasury bureau, Secret Service 
shall immediately notify that bureau of the investigation and invite 
that bureau to participate in the investigation. Secret Service shall 
attempt to resolve disputes over investigatory jurisdiction with other 
Treasury bureaus at the field level.
    b. The Under Secretary (Enforcement) shall settle disputes that 
cannot be resolved by the bureaus. The Under Secretary (Enforcement) 
shall settle disputes over investigatory jurisdiction with the Internal 
Revenue Service in consultation with the Commissioner, Internal Revenue 
Service.
    c. With respect to matters discovered within the investigatory 
jurisdiction of a Department of Justice bureau or the Postal Service, 
Secret Service shall adhere to the provisions on notice and 
coordination in the ``Memorandum of Understanding Among the Secretary 
of the Treasury, the Attorney General and the Postmaster General 
Regarding Money Laundering Investigations,'' dated August 16, 1990, or 
any such subsequent memorandum of understanding entered pursuant to 18 
U.S.C. Sec. 1956(e) or 1957(e).
    d. With respect to seizure and forfeiture operations and activities 
within its investigative jurisdiction, Secret Service shall comply with 
the policy, procedures, and directives developed and maintained by the 
Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture. Compliance will include 
adhering to the oversight, reporting, and administrative requirements 
relating to seizure and forfeiture contained in such policy, 
procedures, and directives.
    6. Authorities.

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    a. 18 U.S.C. Secs. 471-473, 500-503, 657, 981, 1029, 1956 and 1957.
    b. TO 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.''
    c. TO 102-14, ``Delegation of Authority with Respect to the 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund Act of 1992,'' dated January 10, 1995.
    7. Cancellation. Treasury Directive 15-54, ``Delegation of 
Authority to the Director, United States Secret Service to Investigate 
Violations of 18 U.S.C. Secs. 1956 and 1957,'' dated May 1, 1991, is 
superseded.
    8. Expiration Date. This Directive shall expire three years from 
the date of issuance unless superseded or cancelled prior to that date.
    9. Office of Primary Interest. Office of the Under Secretary 
(Enforcement).
Ronald K. Noble,
Under Secretary (Enforcement).
[FR Doc. 95-23068 Filed 9-15-95; 8:45 am]
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