The Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, within the United States federal government, is a high-ranking Department of the Treasury position that reports to, advises, and assists the Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.[cite web | title="U.S. Treasury - Duties & Functions of the Under Secretary of Domestic Finance" | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060215225056/http://www.treas.gov/education/duties/treas/a-sec-domfin.shtml | accessdate= September 9 | accessyear= 2006 ] The Under Secretary leads Department policy on the issues of domestic finance, fiscal policy, fiscal operations, government assets, government liabilities, and other related economic and fiscal matters.][cite web | title="U.S. Treasury - Biography of Robert Steel, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance" | url=http://www.treas.gov/organization/bios/steel-e.html | accessdate= September 9 | accessyear= 2006 ] ]The Under Secretary has oversight of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Development Policy, the Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, the Bureau of the Public Debt, and the Fiscal Assistant Secretary. The Under Secretary receives reports from the Fiscal Assistant Secretary on the Financial Management Service.
The most recent Under Secretary is Robert K. Steel, who resigned in July, 2008 to become Wachovia Bank CEO.
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