Treasury Act of 1789

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United States federal statute foundational law of the United States federal government

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treasury Act of 1789 canonical	1
Treasury Department Act of 1789	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ foundational law of the United States federal government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
branchOfLaw	administrative law ⓘ financial law ⓘ
contemporaryWith	United States Department of State ⓘ surface form: Act to Establish the Department of State Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
creates	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
createsExecutiveDepartment	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: 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	First United States Congress ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Comptroller of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: 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	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: Department of the Treasury
influenced	development of U.S. federal budgetary practices ⓘ structure of later U.S. financial agencies ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Department of the Treasury → legalBasis → Treasury Act of 1789 ⓘ

UST → legalBasis → Treasury Act of 1789 ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Department of the Treasury

this entity surface form: Treasury Department Act of 1789