---
type: Body
title: "Department of Agriculture"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-AGRICULTURE"
head: "us/executive/agriculture/secretary"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 101 (Executive departments)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-department]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Department of Agriculture

Executive department, established by 5 U.S.C. § 101. Headed by the [Secretary of Agriculture](/us/executive/agriculture/secretary.md).

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

760 sections of the U.S. Code reference this department. A sample:

- [2 U.S.C. § 1161](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-22b/section-1161.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 901](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-20/section-901.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 401](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-401.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 422](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-422.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5109](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-51/section-5109.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5315](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5315.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5542](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5542.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5946](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-59/section-5946.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7103](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-71/section-7103.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9601](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-96/section-9601.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 190](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-190.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 195c](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-195c.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 202](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-202.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 231](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-231.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 235](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-235.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 772](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-2/section-772.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1032](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-33/section-1032.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1032a](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-33/section-1032a.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1291](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-35/section-1291.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1301](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-35/section-1301.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308–4](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-35/section-1308-4.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 136a](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-6/section-136a.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 136t](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-6/section-136t.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 136w–3](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-6/section-136w-3.md)
- …and 735 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)