EO 13271 Title 3--The President (l) such other officers or employees of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General may from time to time designate. The Deputy Attorney General shall convene and direct the work of the Task Force in fulfilling all its functions under this order. The Deputy Attor- ney General may permit, when he deems it appropriate, the designee of a member of the Task Force, including those designated under section 4 of this order, to participate in lieu of the member. The Deputy Attorney Gen- eral shall convene the first meeting of the Task Force within l0 days of the date of this order and shall thereafter convene the Task Force at such times as he deems appropriate. Sec. 3. Functions. Consistent with the constitutional authority of the Presi- dent, the authorities assigned to the Attorney General by law, and other ap- plicable law, the Task Force shall: (a) provide direction for the investigation and prosecution of cases of se- curities fraud, accounting fraud, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, tax fraud based on such predicate offenses, and other related financial crimes committed by commercial entities and directors, officers, profes- sional advisers, and employees thereof (hereinafter "financial crimes"), when such cases are determined by the Deputy Attorney General, for pur- poses of this order, to be significant; (b) provide recommendations to the Attorney General for allocation and reallocation of resources of the Department of Justice for investigation and prosecution of significant financial crimes, recovery of proceeds from such crimes to the extent permitted by law, and other matters determined by the Task Force from time to time to be of the highest priority in the investiga- tion and prosecution of such crimes; and (c) make recommendations to the President, through the Attorney Gen- eral, from time to time for: (i) action to enhance cooperation among departments, agencies, and entities of the Federal Government in the investigation and prosecution of significant financial crimes; (ii) action to enhance cooperation among Federal, State, and local au- thorities responsible for the investigation and prosecution of significant financial crimes; (iii) changes in rules, regulations, or policy to improve the effective in- vestigation and prosecution of significant financial crimes; and (iv) recommendations to the Congress regarding such measures as the President may iudge necessary and expedient relating to significant fi- nancial crimes, or the investigation or prosecution thereof. Sec. 4. Additional Participation for SpecijS'ed Functions. In the Task Force's performance of the functions set forth in subsection 3(c) of this order, and to the extent permitted by law, the following officers of the executive branch shall be members of the Task Force in addition to such other offi- cers of the Federal Government as the Deputy Attorney General deems ap- propriate: (a) the Secretary of the Treasury; (b) the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission; (c) the Chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission; 246
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