[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31527]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[Treasury Directive Number 16-21]


Disposal of Obligations, Including Bonds, Notes or Other 
Securities; Authority Delegation

Dated: November 25, 1997.
    1. Delegation. By virtue of the authority granted to the Fiscal 
Assistant Secretary by Treasury Order (TO) 101-05, the Commissioner, 
Bureau of the Public Debt, is delegated the authority to dispose of 
obligations, including bonds, notes or other securities, acquired by 
the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States Government or 
delivered by an executive agency pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 324, and to 
perform any functions necessary to effect such disposition. The 
Commissioner, Bureau of the Public Debt, shall be responsible for 
referring to the Fiscal Assistant Secretary any matters on which action 
should be appropriately taken by the Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
    2. Redelegation. The Commissioner, Bureau of the Public Debt, may 
redelegate this authority, and it may be exercised in the individual 
capacity and under the individual title of each official receiving such 
authority.
    3. Authorities.
    a. 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.''
    b. 31 U.S.C. 324.
    4. Cancellation.
    a. Treasury Directive 16-21, ``Disposal of Obligations, Including 
Bonds, Notes or Other Securities,'' dated May 3, 1995, is superseded, 
except as provided below.
    b. Any matter being processed on the date of this Directive by the 
Commissioner, Financial Management Service, that requires the disposal 
of obligations, including bonds, notes or other securities, may be 
completed under the authority delegated to the Commissioner, Financial 
Management Service, in the May 3, 1995, Directive, if the Fiscal 
Assistant Secretary so directs.
    5. Expiration Date. This Directive expires three years from the 
date of issuance unless cancelled or superseded by that date.
    6. Office of Primary Interest. Division of Accounting Operations, 
Office of Public Debt Accounting, Bureau of the Public Debt.
Gerald Murphy,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-31527 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]
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