---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of Agriculture"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-AGRICULTURE-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/agriculture"
schedule_level: "I"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 5312 (Executive Schedule, Level I)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-office]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Secretary of Agriculture

Cabinet-rank office (Executive Schedule Level I, 5 U.S.C. § 5312), head of the [Department of Agriculture](/us/executive/agriculture/index.md).

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

1,511 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office. A sample:

- [2 U.S.C. § 1161](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-22b/section-1161.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 906](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-20/section-906.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2902](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-29/section-2902.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 401](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-401.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5343](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5343.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5545c](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5545c.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5595](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5595.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8332](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8332.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8347](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8347.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8716](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-87/section-8716.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8913](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8913.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 104](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-104.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 106](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-106.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 182](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-182.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 190](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-190.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. § 321q](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-321q.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 347](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-347.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 488a](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-488a.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 488c](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-488c.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 771](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-2/section-771.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1006a](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-33/section-1006a.md)
- …and 1,486 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)