---
type: Body
title: "Department of Commerce"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-COMMERCE"
head: "us/executive/commerce/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 Commerce

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

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

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

- [2 U.S.C. § 4575](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-45/section-4575.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 6317](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-63/section-6317.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 900](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-20/section-900.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 901](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-20/section-901.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 904](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-20/section-904.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 406](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-406.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 422](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-422.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5315](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5315.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5316](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5316.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7103](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-71/section-7103.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7531](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-75/section-7531.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 112](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-112.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 121](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-121.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1501](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1501.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 512](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-512.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 575](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-575.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 136a](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-6/section-136a.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 16](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-1/section-16.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 178](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-8a/section-178.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 178b](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-8a/section-178b.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1926c](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-50/section-1926c.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2009aa–4](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-50/section-2009aa-4.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2009bb–4](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-50/section-2009bb-4.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2020](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-51/section-2020.md)
- …and 395 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)