[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR200.16]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
PART 200--ORGANIZATION; CONDUCT AND ETHICS; AND INFORMATION AND REQUESTS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart A--Organization and Program Management
 
Sec. 200.16  Executive Assistant to the Chairman.

    The Executive Assistant to the Chairman assists the Chairman in 
consideration of legal, financial, and economic problems encountered in 
the administration of the Commission's statutes. He or she arranges for 
and conducts conferences with officials of the Commission, members of 
the staff, and/or representatives of the public on matters arising with 
regard to general programs or specific matters. Acting for the Chairman, 
he or she furnishes the initiative, executive direction, and authority 
for staff studies and reports bearing on the Commission's administration 
of the laws and its relations with the public, industry, and the 
Congress. The Executive Assistant is also responsible for assisting 
members of the Commission in the preparation of the opinions of the 
Commission, and to the Commission for the preparation of opinions and 
decisions on motions and certifications of questions and rulings by 
administrative law judges in the course of administrative proceedings 
under Rule 102(e) of the Commission's Rules of Practice (Sec. 201.102(e) 
of this chapter), and in other cases in which the Chairman or the 
General Counsel has determined that separation of functions requirements 
or other circumstances would make inappropriate the exercise of such 
functions by the General Counsel. In cases where, pursuant to a waiver 
by the parties of separation of function requirements, another Division 
or Office of the Commission's staff undertakes to prepare an opinion or 
decision, such Division or Office rather than the Executive Assistant 
will prepare such opinion or decision, although the Executive Assistant 
may assist in such preparation. The Executive Assistant is further 
responsible for the exercise of such review functions with respect to 
adjudicatory matters as are delegated to him or her by the Commission 
pursuant to 101 Stat. 1254 (15 U.S.C. 78d-1, 78d-2) or as may be 
otherwise delegated or assigned to him or her.

[54 FR 18100, Apr. 27, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 32794, June 23, 1995]