---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of Transportation"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-TRANSPORTATION-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/transportation"
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 Transportation

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

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

1,219 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)
- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2109](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-21/section-2109.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5542](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5542.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8172](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-81/section-8172.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8334](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8334.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8421a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-84/section-8421a.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8422](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-84/section-8422.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1114](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1114.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1135](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1135.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1142](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1142.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1151](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1151.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1152](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1152.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1153](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1153.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1163](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1163.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1164](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1164.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1165](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1165.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1166](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1166.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1169](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1169.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1171](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1171.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1172](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1172.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1182](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1182.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1183](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1183.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1186](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-4/section-1186.md)
- …and 1,194 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)