---
type: Body
title: "Attorney General"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-JUSTICE-ATTORNEY-GENERAL"
parent: "us/executive/justice"
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"
---

# Attorney General

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

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

2,386 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office. A sample:

- [2 U.S.C. § 1331](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-24/section-1331.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1407](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-24/section-1407.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1605](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-26/section-1605.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 190m](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-6/section-190m.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1977](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-29/section-1977.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 288k](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-9d/section-288k.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 5503](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-55/section-5503.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 5571](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-55/section-5571.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 1212](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-12/section-1212.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 1213](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-12/section-1213.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 1214](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-12/section-1214.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 13104](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13104.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 13106](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13106.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 13107](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13107.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 13122](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13122.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 13145](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13145.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2303](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-23/section-2303.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2902](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-29/section-2902.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3151](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-31/section-3151.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3330a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-33/section-3330a.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 401](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-401.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 404](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-404.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 406](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-406.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 408](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-408.md)
- …and 2,361 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)