---
type: Body
title: "Department of the Treasury"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-TREASURY"
head: "us/executive/treasury/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 the Treasury

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

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

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

- [2 U.S.C. § 1905a](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-29/section-1905a.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3111](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-31/section-3111.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 402](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-402.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 406](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-406.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 412](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-412.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 415](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-415.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. § 5378](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5378.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8401](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-84/section-8401.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8909](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8909.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9505](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-95/section-9505.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 9510](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-95/section-9510.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1501](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1501.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 203](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-203.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 531](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-531.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 943](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-3/section-943.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1445–3](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-35a/section-1445-3.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 16](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-1/section-16.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1738](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-41/section-1738.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-1/section-2.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2156](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-54/section-2156.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2204b–3](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-55/section-2204b-3.md)
- …and 288 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)