---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of Homeland Security"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-HOMELAND-SECURITY-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/homeland-security"
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 Homeland Security

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

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

597 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)
- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2902](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-29/section-2902.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3132](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-31/section-3132.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3307](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-33/section-3307.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 417](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-417.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5520a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5520a.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5595](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5595.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 6308](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-63/section-6308.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 6324](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-63/section-6324.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9001](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-90/section-9001.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. § 104](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-104.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 106](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-106.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1101](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1101.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1111](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1111.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1116](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1116.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1117](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1117.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1119](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1119.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. § 1137a](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1137a.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 114](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-114.md)
- …and 572 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)