Executive Branch

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What Is Contained In Executive Branch

The power of the executive branch is vested in the President, who also serves as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The President appoints the Cabinet and oversees the various agencies and departments of the federal government.

In order for a person to become President, he or she must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years of age, and have resided in the United States for at least 14 years. Once elected, the President serves a term of four years and may be re-elected only once.

One of the principal purposes of the Cabinet is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of their respective offices.

The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. One of the principal purposes of the Cabinet (drawn from Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution) is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of their respective offices.

The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments-the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, and the Attorney General. Under President George W. Bush, Cabinet-level rank also has been accorded to the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Director, Office of Management and Budget; the Director, National Drug Control Policy; and the U.S. Trade Representative.

Executive Office of the President (EOP):

§ Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
§ Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
§ The White House

Executive Agencies:

Department of Agriculture (USDA)
§ Agricultural Research Service
§ Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
§ Economic Research Service
§ Farm Service Agency
§ Forest Service
§ National Agricultural Library
§ Natural Resources Conservation Service
§ Rural Development

Department of Commerce (DOC)

§ Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
§ STAT-USA Database (password may be required)
§ Census Bureau
§ FedWorld
§ International Trade Administration (ITA)
§ National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
§ National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
§ National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
§ National Ocean Service
§ National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
§ National Telecommunications and Information Administration
§ National Weather Service
§ Patent and Trademark Office Databases

Department of Defense (DOD)

§ National Security Agency (NSA)

Department of Education

§ Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
§ Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
§ National Library of Education (NLE)

Department of Energy (DOE)

§ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
§ Kansas City Plant
§ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
§ Los Alamos National Laboratory
§ National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
§ Nevada Test Site
§ Office of Health, Safety and Security
§ Office of Science
§ Pantex Plant
§ Sandia National Laboratories
§ Savannah River Site
§ Southwestern Power Administration
§ Y-12 National Security Complex

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

§ HHS Agencies
§ National Institutes of Health (NIH)
§ National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

§ Customs and Border Protection
§ Coast Guard
§ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
§ Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
§ Secret Service
§ US Citizenship and Immigration Services
§ U.S. Intelligence Community (Jobs)

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

§ Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
§ Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
§ Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)

Department of the Interior (DOI)

§ Bureau of Indian Affairs
§ Bureau of Land Management
§ Bureau of Reclamation
§ Fish and Wildlife Service
§ Minerals Management Service
§ National Park Service (NPS)
§ Office of Surface Mining
§ United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Department of Justice (DOJ)

§ Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
§ Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
§ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
§ Federal Bureau of Prisons
§ Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
§ United States Marshals Service (USMS)

Department of Labor (DOL)

§ Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
§ Mine Safety and Health Administration
§ Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Department of State (DOS)

§ Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN)
§ Department of State Library

Department of Transportation (DOT)

§ Bureau of Transportation Statistics
§ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
§ National Transportation Library (a digital library)

Department of the Treasury

§ Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)
§ Bureau of Engraving and Printing
§ Bureau of the Public Debt
§ Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
§ Financial Management Service (FMS)
§ Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
§ Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
§ Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
§ Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)
§ United States Mint

Department of Veterans Affairs

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

§ Broadcasting Board of Governors
§ Radio Free Asia
§ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
§ Voice of America (VOA)
§ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
§ Corporation for National & Community Service
§ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
§ Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
§ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
§ Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)
§ General Services Administration (GSA)
§ Federal Citizen Information Center (Pueblo, CO)
§ Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
§ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
§ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
§ National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
§ National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
§ National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
§ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
§ National Science Foundation (NSF)
§ Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO)
§ Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
§ Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
§ Peace Corps
§ Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
§ Selective Service System (SSS)
§ Small Business Administration (SBA)
§ Social Security Administration (SSA)
§ Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
§ Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
§ United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
§ United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
§ United States Postal Service (USPS)
§ US Postal Inspection Service
§ United States Trade and Development Agency

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES

§ Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
§ American Battle Monuments Commission
§ Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
§ Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
§ Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
§ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
§ Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
§ Federal Election Commission (FEC)
§ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
§ Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC)
§ Federal Maritime Commission
§ Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC)
§ Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB)
§ Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
§ International Boundary & Water Commission
§ Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)
§ National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
§ National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS)
§ National Council on Disability
§ National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC)
§ National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
§ National Mediation Board (NMB)
§ National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
§ Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
§ Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB)
§ Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission (OSHRC)
§ Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)
§ Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)
§ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
§ United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
§ Dataweb (Import/export data)

White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (Report)

Cabinet Staff:

Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior Secretary
Department of Commerce Secretary
Department of Justice Attorney General
Department of Defense Secretary
Department of Labor Secretary
Department of Education Secretary
Department of State Secretary
Department of Energy Secretary
Department of Transportation Secretary
Department of Health &Human Services Secretary
Department of the Treasury Secretary
Department of Homeland Security Secretary
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary
Department of Housing &Urban Development Secretary

The Vice President
White House Chief of Staff
Office of Managementand Budget
United States Trade Representative Ambassador
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of NationalDrug Control Policy