Official in the U.S. Treasury Department
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs is the head of the Office of Legislative Affairs in the United States Department of the Treasury . The role may be signated as Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs . The office "advises the Secretary on congressional relations matters in order to assist in the formulation of policy and determining the overall direction of the Department. [It] serves as the principal contact and coordinator for all Department interaction with the Congress and the Congressional Relations offices in the White House and other Departments and agencies."[ 3]
The position was created on May 18, 1972 during the Nixon administration , with the original title of Deputy Under Secretary for Congressional Relations .[ 4] Deputy Under Secretary for Legislative Affairs before the second officeholder was nominated.[ 5]
According to U.S. statute, there are ten Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate .[ 6] United States Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury .
List of Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs
Name
Assumed office
Left office
President appointed by
Secretary served under
James E. Smith
1972
1973
Richard Nixon
William L. Gifford
1973
1974
Richard Nixon
Frederick L. Webber [ 7] 1974
September 1, 1975
Richard Nixon
Harold F. Eberle, Jr. [ 8] 1975
1977
Gerald Ford
William E. Simon
Gene E. Godley
1977
1981
Jimmy Carter
W. Dennis Thomas
1981
1984
Ronald Reagan
Bruce E. Thompson, Jr.
1984
1986
Ronald Reagan
J. Michael Hudson
1986
1987
Ronald Reagan
John K. Meagher
1987
1989
Ronald Reagan
Bryce L. Harlow
1989
1991
George H.W. Bush
Mary Catherine Sophos
1991
1993
George H.W. Bush
Michael B. Levy [ 9] 1993
1995
Bill Clinton
Lloyd Bentsen
Linda Lee Robertson
1995
2000
Bill Clinton
Ruth Martha Thomas
2000
2001
Bill Clinton
John Duncan [ 10] March 9, 2001
August 22, 2005
George W. Bush
Paul O'Neill , John W. Snow
Kevin Fromer [ 11] August 22, 2005
January 20, 2009
George W. Bush
John W. Snow , Henry Paulson
Kim N. Wallace [ 12] 2009
2011
Barack Obama
Henry Paulson , Timothy Geithner
Alastair M. Fitzpayne [ 13] 2012
2014[ 14]
Barack Obama
Timothy Geithner , Jack Lew
Anne E. Wall [ 15] 2015
2016[ 16]
Barack Obama
Jack Lew
Drew Maloney [ 17] August 2017
June 11, 2018
Donald Trump
Steven Mnuchin
Brian McGuire [ 18] September 2019
March 2020
Donald Trump
Steven Mnuchin
Jonathan Davidson
November 15, 2021
August 12, 2023[ 19]
Joe Biden
Janet Yellen
Corey Tellez (Acting)[ 20]
August 12, 2023
March 7, 2025
Joe Biden
Janet Yellen
Jonathan Blum (Acting)
March 7, 2025
Incumbent
Donald Trump
Scott Bessent
See also
References
^ https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/us-treasury-department-announces-new-appointments-202538/ ^ "David Samuel Cohen" . Search Federal Pay . Feds Data Center. Retrieved 29 April 2016 .^ "Legislative Affairs" . U.S. Department of the Treasury . Retrieved 5 November 2021 .^ Department of the Treasury, A National Historic Landmark . Retrieved December 9, 2022 .^ Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents National Archives . January 7, 1974. p. 502. Retrieved April 23, 2025 .^ 31 U.S.C. ยง 301(e) ^ "Webber profile" . Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-08-24 .^ Eberle obituary ^ Michael B. Levy profile Archived September 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Nomination Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ^ Profile from Livingston Group Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ^ Washington Business Journal article , LinkedIn ^ Treasury Dept. press release ^ Bloomberg News Article ^ Paletta, Damian (29 October 2014). "Burwell Picks Treasury Aide Fitzpayne for HHS Chief of Staff" . Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 November 2018 . ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts" . The White House. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2019 .^ "Anne Wall to Duberstein, Frank to Mercury, Moultrie to SBD, Knuti to UFCW" . Politico. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2019 .^ Wilson, Megan R. (20 June 2018). "Former top Treasury official to head private equity group" . The Hill . Retrieved 18 November 2018 . ^ "Brian McGuire" . U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 6 October 2019 .^ https://www.gao.gov/fedvacancy/23320 ^ https://home.treasury.gov/about/offices/legislative-affairs 
