---
type: Body
title: "Department of Homeland Security"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-HOMELAND-SECURITY"
head: "us/executive/homeland-security/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 Homeland Security

Executive department, established by 5 U.S.C. § 101. Headed by the [Secretary of Homeland Security](/us/executive/homeland-security/secretary.md).

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

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

- [2 U.S.C. § 900](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-20/section-900.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 10101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-101/section-10101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 10201](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-102/section-10201.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 406](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-406.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 417](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-417.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5314](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5314.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5315](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5315.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 6504](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-65/section-6504.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8331](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8331.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8401](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-84/section-8401.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-91/section-9101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9701](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-97/section-9701.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 103a](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-103a.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1101](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1101.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1104](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1104.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 111](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-111.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1111](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1111.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1113](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1113.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1117](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1117.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 112](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-112.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1131](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1131.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1135](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1135.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1142](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1142.md)
- …and 289 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)