---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of Commerce"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-COMMERCE-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/commerce"
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 Commerce

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

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

843 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office. A sample:

- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 13101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2902](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-29/section-2902.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8332](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8332.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8334](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8334.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8422](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-84/section-8422.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8501](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-85/section-8501.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9001](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-90/section-9001.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 121](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-121.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1532](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1532.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 194](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-194.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 195f](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-195f.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 322](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-322.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 573](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-573.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 576](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-576.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 580](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-580.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 771](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-2/section-771.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 822](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-2/section-822.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1292](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-35/section-1292.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 178a](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-8a/section-178a.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 178b](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-8a/section-178b.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 178d](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-8a/section-178d.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 178h](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-8a/section-178h.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2009bb–12](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-50/section-2009bb-12.md)
- …and 818 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)