---
type: Body
title: "Department of Energy"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-ENERGY"
head: "us/executive/energy/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 Energy

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

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

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

- [2 U.S.C. § 2162](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-30/section-2162.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. § 421](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-421.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. § 5595](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5595.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8331](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8331.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8905a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8905a.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 121](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-121.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 124k](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-124k.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1501](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1501.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 182](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-182.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 183](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-183.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 186](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-186.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 189](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-189.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 195c](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-195c.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 195f](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-195f.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 312](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-312.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 314](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-314.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 592a](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-592a.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 665n](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-665n.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 945](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-3/section-945.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 981](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-3/section-981.md)
- …and 544 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)