United States Secretary of Transportation

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United States Cabinet position federal executive position

The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation, responsible for overseeing national transportation policy, infrastructure, and safety across air, land, and sea.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
United States Secretary of Transportation canonical 25
Secretary of Transportation 11
Office of the Secretary of Transportation 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Cabinet position ⓘ
federal executive position ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
belongsTo executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Department of Transportation Act ⓘ
firstHolder Alan S. Boyd ⓘ
formationDate 1967-04-01 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation SecDOT ⓘ
United States Secretary of Transportation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: USDOT Secretary
heads United States Department of Transportation ⓘ
isInChargeOf allocation of federal transportation funding ⓘ
coordination of federal transportation programs ⓘ
development of national transportation policy ⓘ
implementation of transportation safety regulations ⓘ
jurisdiction air transportation ⓘ
federal transportation systems ⓘ
land transportation ⓘ
maritime transportation ⓘ
memberOf line of succession to the U.S. presidency ⓘ
nativeLabel United States Secretary of Transportation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of Transportation
nominator President of the United States ⓘ
oversees Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ
Federal Highway Administration ⓘ
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ⓘ
Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Federal Transit Administration ⓘ
Maritime Administration ⓘ
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ⓘ
United States Secretary of Transportation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Secretary of Transportation

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ⓘ
participatesIn National Security Council of the United States ⓘ
surface form: National Security Council (when transportation issues are relevant)
partOf Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
positionInSuccession 14th in United States presidential line of succession ⓘ
predecessorOffice Secretary of Commerce of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of Commerce (transportation functions)
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor national transportation policy ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
transportation safety ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style Madam Secretary ⓘ
Mr. Secretary ⓘ
subordinateTo President of the United States ⓘ
termLength no fixed term ⓘ
website https://www.transportation.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidential Succession Act → definesSuccessionPosition → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
United States Department of Transportation → hasCabinetRank → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
United States Department of Transportation → officeHeldBy → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
United States Department of Transportation → currentSecretaryTitle → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
DOT → oversees → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Transportation
this entity surface form: Office of the Secretary of Transportation
DOT → headedBy → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Transportation
United States Secretary of Transportation → oversees → United States Secretary of Transportation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Secretary of Transportation
United States Secretary of Transportation → nativeLabel → United States Secretary of Transportation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
United States Secretary of Transportation → hasAbbreviation → United States Secretary of Transportation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: USDOT Secretary
Department of Transportation Act → definesOffice → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Office of Inspector General → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Inspector General (U.S. Department of Transportation)
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
Federal Railroad Safety Act → grantsAuthorityTo → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
Madam Secretary → appliesToPosition → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
Andrew Card → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
SecDOT → fullForm → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
SecDOT → heads → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Secretary of Transportation
SecDOT → hasAbbreviation → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sec. of Transportation
Mr. Secretary → usedFor → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Mr. Secretary → appliesToPosition → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
Madam Secretary → usedForOffice → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Deputy Secretary of Transportation → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Assistant Secretaries of Transportation → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
National Defense Reserve Fleet → subordinateTo → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Norman Mineta → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology → subordinateTo → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Elizabeth Dole → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 → transferredFunctionsTo → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
National Scenic Byway → designatedBy → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
John A. Volpe → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Alan S. Boyd → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe → hasRespondentRole → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement → activationAuthority → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
Polly Trottenberg → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Acting Secretary of Transportation
Commercial Space Launch Act → designatesAuthority → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987) → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
subject surface form: Brock Adams
Mineta → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
subject surface form: Norman Mineta
Danealia Mineta → spouseOccupation → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Subtitle I—Department of Transportation → definesRoleOf → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Transportation
Office of the Secretary of Transportation → headOfGovernmentBody → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Elaine Chao → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Elaine Chao → officeForTerm → United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ