Federal Executive of the United States

The Federal Executive Department of the United States is responsible for executing the laws of the United States, as well as causing them to be executed. Article II-C of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for the United States vests the executive power of the United States in the Governor-General&mdash;which by its nature forms the Federal Executive Department (the federal executive branch).

The Constitution also establishes that the President of the United States Senate should serve as Governor-General pro Tempore when the Governor-General is unable to perform his duties. The President of the Senate, therefore, performs an equivalent role to that of a Lieutenant Governor in United States politics.

Article II-C also establishes that the Governor-General shall be assisted by a Federal Executive Council (FEC) which, in addition to the Governor-General, is composed of the heads of the principal executive departments and the FEC-level officers.

Governor-General
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Lieutenant Governor
The United States Federal Government does not have a post for lieutenant governor-general but the President of the United States Senate performs an equivalent role. Article II-C of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for the United States establishes that the President of the United States Senate should serve as Governor-General pro Tempore when the Governor-General is unable to perform his duties. The Constitution and law of the United States establishes a governmental order of succession for special cases when neither the Governor-General nor the President are available.

Federal Executive Council
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) is the group consisting of the Governor-General and the heads of the executive departments of the United States. The FEC is charged with leading the different sectors of public administration within the government and consists of:


 * Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs
 * Attorney-General
 * Secretary of Public Safety
 * Secretary of Emergency and Military Affairs
 * Secretary of the Treasury
 * Secretary of Administration
 * Postmaster-General

Departments
There are currently seven executive departments; all of them equivalent to that of ministries in parliamentary systems. Each executive department is responsible of a specific sector (portfolio) of public administration and provides a related public service to the citizens of the United States. The current departments are:


 * Department of State and Foreign Affairs
 * Department of the Attorney-General
 * Department of Public Safety
 * Department of Emergency and Military Affairs
 * Department of the Treasury
 * Department of Administration
 * United States Postal Service

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Fiscal agent and financing
The fiscal agent and financing agencies are a group of government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico that manage all aspects of financing for the executive branch. The Puerto Rico Government Development Bank Act establishes that the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank (GDB) serves as the fiscal agent of the government of Puerto Rico. Regardless of its special status, the GDB and all other financing agencies report to the Secretariat of Governance and the Chief of Staff. These agencies are comprised by:
 * Authority for the Financing of Housing
 * Authority for the Financing of Industrial, Touristic, Educative, Medical, and Environmental Control Facilities (AFICA)
 * Authority for the Financing of the Infrastructure of Puerto Rico
 * Economic Development Bank
 * Government Development Bank
 * Municipal Financing Agency
 * Public Financing Corporation
 * Public-Private Partnerships Authority
 * Urgent Interest Fund Corporation (COFINA)

Government-owned corporations
The government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico are autonomous, independent, and self-sufficient legal entities owned entirely or in large by the executive branch. These corporations engage in commercial activities with their revenues ultimately being allocated towards the government's treasury: the Puerto Rico Consolidated Fund. As of December 2012, the executive branch owned 50 government-owned corporations as follows:


 * Automobile Accident Compensation Administration
 * Agricultural Insurance Corporation
 * Aqueducts and Sewers Authority
 * Authority for the Financing of Housing
 * Authority for the Financing of Industrial, Touristic, Educative, Medical, and Environmental Control Facilities (AFICA)
 * Authority for the Financing of the Infrastructure of Puerto Rico
 * Caño Martín Peña ENLACE Project Corporation
 * Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Corporation
 * Commission on Traffic Safety
 * Comprehensive Cancer Center
 * Conservatory of Music Corporation
 * Convention Center District Authority
 * Corporation for the Development of Arts, Sciences, and Cinematographic Industry
 * Corporation for Industries for the Blind, Mentally Retarded People, and Other Handicapped People
 * Credit Unions Supervision and Insurance Corporation
 * Economic Development Bank
 * Electric Power Authority
 * Government Development Bank
 * Health Insurance Administration
 * Highways and Transportation Authority
 * Industrial Development Company
 * Integral Development for the Cantera Peninsula Company
 * Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
 * Lands Administration
 * Lands Authority
 * Maritime Shipping Authority
 * Medical Services Administration
 * Metropolitan Bus Authority
 * Municipal Financing Agency
 * Musical Arts Corporation
 * Musical Scenic Arts Corporation
 * National Guard Institutional Trust
 * National Parks Company
 * Performing Arts Center Corporation
 * Ports Authority
 * Port of the Americas Administration
 * Public Broadcasting Corporation
 * Public Buildings Authority
 * Sales Tax Financing Corporation
 * School of Plastic Arts
 * Solid Waste Management Authority
 * State Insurance Fund Corporation
 * Symphony Orchestra Corporation
 * Trade and Export Company
 * Tourism Company
 * Training and Work Enterprises Corporation
 * University of Puerto Rico

Other agencies
There are other agencies that belong to the executive branch that aren't either executive offices, executive departments, subagencies, nor government-owned corporations. These agencies tend to be regulatory bodies or agencies that provide some sort of public service whose goal is not commercial profit. Regardless of their purpose, these agencies report to the Secretariat of Governance and the Chief of Staff, and some of them are even presided by a cabinet-level officer. This group of agencies is comprised by:


 * Administration of the Retirement Systems of Employees of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Judicature
 * Appeals Commission on Public Service
 * Commission on Cooperative Development
 * Commission on Investigation, Prosecution, and Appeal
 * Commission on Public Service
 * Commission on Safety and Public Protection
 * Education Council
 * Federal Affairs Administration
 * General Services Administration
 * Industrial Commission
 * Institute of Statistics
 * Labour Relations Board
 * Office of Government Ethics
 * Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions
 * Office of the Commissioner of Municipal Affairs
 * Office of the Electoral Comptroller
 * Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor's Panel
 * Office of the Solicitor General
 * Office of Training and Advice in Labour and Human Resource Management
 * Review Board of Permits and Land Use
 * State Agency for Emergency and Disaster Management
 * State Elections Commission
 * Teachers Retirement System
 * Telecommunications Regulatory Board

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