Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
Flag of an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Incumbent
Vacant
since March 2023
Department of the Treasury
StyleThe Honorable
Reports toSecretary of the Treasury
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
NominatorPresident of the United States
Salary$155,500 (2010)[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy is the head of the Office of Economic Policy in the United States Department of the Treasury. The position is held by Ben Harris. President Joe Biden announced he would nominate Ben Harris to the role on March 11, 2021.[2] Harris was confirmed by the Senate on November 3, 2021 and sworn in on November 15, 2021[3]

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.[4] The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy reports directly to the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.[5]

  1. ^ "David Samuel Cohen". Search Federal Pay. Feds Data Center. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ^ "President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Key Roles for the Department of Treasury". The White House. 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury)". US Senate. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. ^ "31 U.S. Code § 301 - Department of the Treasury". LII / Legal Information Institute.
  5. ^ "Economic Policy | U.S. Department of the Treasury". home.treasury.gov.