---
type: Body
title: "Director of National Drug Control Policy"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-NATIONAL-DRUG-CONTROL-POLICY-DIRECTOR"
parent: "us/executive/national-drug-control-policy"
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"
---

# Director of National Drug Control Policy

Cabinet-rank office (Executive Schedule Level I, 5 U.S.C. § 5312), head of the [Office of National Drug Control Policy](/us/executive/national-drug-control-policy/index.md).

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

9 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office.

- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2576a](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-153/section-2576a.md)
- [15 U.S.C. § 654](/legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-14a/section-654.md)
- [21 U.S.C. § 1701](/legal/us/code/title-21/chapter-22/section-1701.md)
- [32 U.S.C. § 112](/legal/us/code/title-32/chapter-1/section-112.md)
- [34 U.S.C. § 10142](/legal/us/code/title-34/chapter-101/section-10142.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 285o–4](/legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-6a/section-285o-4.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 300u–16](/legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-6a/section-300u-16.md)
- [50 U.S.C. § 3021](/legal/us/code/title-50/chapter-44/section-3021.md)