---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of Veterans Affairs"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-VETERANS-AFFAIRS-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/veterans-affairs"
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 Veterans Affairs

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

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

240 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office. A sample:

- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5355](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5355.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8347](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8347.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8903c](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8903c.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1446a](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-35a/section-1446a.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 7517](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-102/section-7517.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1153](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-12/section-1153.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1643](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-14/section-1643.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1074](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-55/section-1074.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1074f](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-55/section-1074f.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1074m](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-55/section-1074m.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1076c](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-55/section-1076c.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1104](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-55/section-1104.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1104a](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-55/section-1104a.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1134a](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-57/section-1134a.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1142](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-58/section-1142.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1144](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-58/section-1144.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1145](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-58/section-1145.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1155](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-58/section-1155.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1175a](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-59/section-1175a.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1216](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-61/section-1216.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1216a](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-61/section-1216a.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1413a](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-71/section-1413a.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1414](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-71/section-1414.md)
- …and 215 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)