---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of Health and Human Services"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-HEALTH-AND-HUMAN-SERVICES-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/health-and-human-services"
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 Health and Human Services

Cabinet-rank office (Executive Schedule Level I, 5 U.S.C. § 5312), head of the [Department of Health and Human Services](/us/executive/health-and-human-services/index.md).

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

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

- [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. § 13101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 552a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-5/section-552a.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7361](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-73/section-7361.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7362](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-73/section-7362.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7904](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-79/section-7904.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. § 8903c](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8903c.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8904](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8904.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9001](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-90/section-9001.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 104](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-104.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 105](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-105.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 106](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-106.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1533](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1533.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 182](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-182.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 184](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-184.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 225](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-225.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 235](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-235.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 318](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-318.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 320](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-320.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 321g](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-321g.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 321q](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-321q.md)
- …and 783 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)