---
type: Body
title: "Department of Labor"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-LABOR"
head: "us/executive/labor/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 Labor

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

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

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

- [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. § 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. § 609](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-6/section-609.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8140](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-81/section-8140.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8145](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-81/section-8145.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8193](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-81/section-8193.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8337](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8337.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8464a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-84/section-8464a.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-35/section-1308.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1508](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-36/section-1508.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2012](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-51/section-2012.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2014](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-51/section-2014.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2015](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-51/section-2015.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2036a](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-51/section-2036a.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2204b–3](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-55/section-2204b-3.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 612c–6](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-26/section-612c-6.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 6919](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-98/section-6919.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 7501](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-102/section-7501.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1182](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-12/section-1182.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1184](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-12/section-1184.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1324a](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-12/section-1324a.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1365b](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-12/section-1365b.md)
- …and 281 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)