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The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department, a treasury, of the United States government established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage the revenue of the United States government.
It is administered by the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States who receives and keeps the monies of the United States. The Department prints and mints all the Federal Reserve notes and coins in circulation through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint[?]. It also collects all taxes through the Internal Revenue Service.
The basic functions of the Department of the Treasury include:
The Office of the Treasurer is the only office in the Treasury Department that is older than the Department itself. It is an office that was originally created by the Continental Congress in 1775. The Department of the Treasury was created by an Act of Congress passed on September 2, 1789:
Alexander Hamilton was sworn in as the first Secretary of the Treasury on September 11, 1789.
Effective January 24, 2003 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was no longer a Bureau of the Department of the Treasury. The law enforcement functions of ATF have been transferred to the Department of Justice. The tax and trade functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms remained with Treasury at the new Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
On March 1, 2003 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center[?], the United States Customs Service[?], and the United States Secret Service moved to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
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