83 FR 33115 - Establishment of the Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud

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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 136 (July 16, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 136 (Monday, July 16, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-15299]



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Vol. 83

Monday,

No. 136

July 16, 2018

Part V





The President





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Executive Order 13844--Establishment of the Task Force on Market 
Integrity and Consumer Fraud


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 136 / Monday, July 16, 2018 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13844 of July 11, 2018

                
Establishment of the Task Force on Market 
                Integrity and Consumer Fraud

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in order to strengthen the efforts of the 
                Department of Justice and Federal, State, local, and 
                tribal agencies to investigate and prosecute crimes of 
                fraud committed against the U.S. Government or the 
                American people, recover the proceeds of such crimes, 
                and ensure just and effective punishment of those who 
                perpetrate crimes of fraud, it is hereby ordered as 
                follows:

                Section 1. Establishment. The Attorney General shall 
                establish within the Department of Justice a Task Force 
                on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud (Task Force).

                Sec. 2. Membership and Operation. (a) The Task Force 
                shall include the following members:

(i) the Deputy Attorney General, who shall serve as the Chair;

(ii) the Associate Attorney General, who shall serve as the Vice Chair;

(iii) the Assistant Attorney General (Criminal Division);

(iv) the Assistant Attorney General (Civil Division);

(v) the Assistant Attorney General (Tax Division);

(vi) the Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust Division);

(vii) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

(viii) United States Attorneys designated by the Attorney General; and

(ix) such other officers or employees of the Department of Justice as the 
Attorney General may from time to time designate.

                    (b) The Deputy Attorney General shall convene and 
                direct the work of the Task Force in fulfilling its 
                functions under this order. The Deputy Attorney General 
                may permit, when appropriate, the designee of a member 
                of the Task Force, including participants invited under 
                section 3 of this order, to participate in lieu of the 
                member or participant. The Deputy Attorney General 
                shall convene the Task Force at such times as the 
                Deputy Attorney General deems appropriate.

                Sec. 3. Additional Participation for Specified 
                Functions. In the Task Force's performance of the 
                functions set forth in subsection 4(a) and (c) of this 
                order, and to the extent permitted by law, the Attorney 
                General, or the Deputy Attorney General as his 
                designee, shall periodically convene meetings and shall 
                invite participation from the following senior 
                officials from executive departments and agencies 
                (agencies), or their designees, as well as such other 
                officials of the Federal Government as the Attorney 
                General or Deputy Attorney General deems appropriate:

                    (a) the Secretary of the Treasury;
                    (b) the Secretary of Defense;
                    (c) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
                    (d) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
                    (e) the Secretary of Energy;
                    (f) the Secretary of Education;

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                    (g) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
                    (h) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
                    (i) the Administrator of the Small Business 
                Administration;
                    (j) the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 
                Federal Reserve System;
                    (k) the Commissioner of Social Security;
                    (l) the Administrator of the United States Agency 
                for International Development;
                    (m) the Director of the Bureau of Consumer 
                Financial Protection;
                    (n) the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission;
                    (o) the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange 
                Commission;
                    (p) the Administrator of General Services;
                    (q) the Chairman of the National Credit Union 
                Administration;
                    (r) the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
                Commission;
                    (s) the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of 
                the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
                    (t) the Director of the Federal Housing Finance 
                Agency;
                    (u) the Comptroller of the Currency; and
                    (v) the Chief Postal Inspector for the Postal 
                Inspection Service.

                Sec. 4. Functions. Consistent with the authorities 
                assigned to the Attorney General by law, and other 
                applicable law, the Task Force shall:

                    (a) provide guidance for the investigation and 
                prosecution of cases involving fraud on the government, 
                the financial markets, and consumers, including cyber-
                fraud and other fraud targeting the elderly, service 
                members and veterans, and other members of the public; 
                procurement and grant fraud; securities and commodities 
                fraud, as well as other corporate fraud, with 
                particular attention to fraud affecting the general 
                public; digital currency fraud; money laundering, 
                including the recovery of proceeds; health care fraud; 
                tax fraud; and other financial crimes;
                    (b) provide recommendations to the Attorney General 
                on fraud enforcement initiatives across the Department 
                of Justice and on any matters the Task Force determines 
                from time to time to be important in the investigation 
                and prosecution of fraud and other financial crimes; 
                and
                    (c) make recommendations to the President, through 
                the Attorney General for:

(i) action to enhance cooperation among agencies in the investigation and 
prosecution of fraud and other financial crimes;

(ii) action to enhance cooperation among Federal, State, local, and tribal 
authorities in connection with the detection, investigation, and 
prosecution of fraud and other financial crimes; and

(iii) changes in rules, regulations, or policy, or recommendations to the 
Congress regarding legislative measures, to improve the effective 
investigation and prosecution of fraud and other financial crimes.

                Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This Task Force shall replace the Financial 
                Fraud Enforcement Task Force created by Executive Order 
                13519 of November 17, 2009 (Establishment of the 
                Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force). The Financial 
                Fraud Enforcement Task Force is hereby terminated 
                pursuant to section 8 of Executive Order 13519 and that 
                order is hereby revoked.

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                    (c) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (d) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.

                Sec. 6. Termination. The Task Force shall terminate 
                when directed by the President or, with the approval of 
                the President, by the Attorney General.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    July 11, 2018.

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