---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of State"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-STATE-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/state"
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 State

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

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

1,437 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office. A sample:

- [1 U.S.C. § 112a](/legal/us/code/title-01/chapter-2/section-112a.md)
- [1 U.S.C. § 112b](/legal/us/code/title-01/chapter-2/section-112b.md)
- [1 U.S.C. § 113](/legal/us/code/title-01/chapter-2/section-113.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 20](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-20.md)
- [4 U.S.C. § 42](/legal/us/code/title-04/chapter-2/section-42.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 1304](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-13/section-1304.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 13101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2902](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-29/section-2902.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5522](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5522.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5544](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5544.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5545a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5545a.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5546](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5546.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5928](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-59/section-5928.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 594](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-5/section-594.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7342](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-73/section-7342.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8332](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8332.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9904](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-99/section-9904.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1001](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-3/section-1001.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1500](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1500.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1531](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1531.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 195c](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-195c.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 220](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-220.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 236](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-236.md)
- …and 1,412 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)