---
type: Body
title: "Director of National Intelligence"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-DIRECTOR-OF-NATIONAL-INTELLIGENCE-DIRECTOR"
parent: "us/executive/director-of-national-intelligence"
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"
---

# Director of National Intelligence

Cabinet-rank office (Executive Schedule Level I, 5 U.S.C. § 5312), head of the [Office of the Director of National Intelligence](/us/executive/director-of-national-intelligence/index.md).

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

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

- [2 U.S.C. § 4111](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-41/section-4111.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 1003](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-10/section-1003.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 11001](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-110/section-11001.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 13107](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13107.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2302](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-23/section-2302.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3132](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-31/section-3132.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 415](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-415.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 416](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-416.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5102](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-51/section-5102.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5315](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5315.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7323](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-73/section-7323.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7342](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-73/section-7342.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-91/section-9101.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 106](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-106.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 121](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-121.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 122](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-122.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 124c](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-124c.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 124d](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-124d.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 124f](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-124f.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 124k](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-124k.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1500](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1500.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1501](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1501.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1502](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1502.md)
- …and 322 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)