United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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United States Cabinet position government office

The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Veterans Affairs, overseeing federal programs and services for military veterans and their families.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	11
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs canonical	6
Administrator of Veterans Affairs	1
Secretary of Veterans Affairs as Cabinet member	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Cabinet position ⓘ government office ⓘ
abbreviation	SECVA ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
departmentFormed	United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	policies of the Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
heads	United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
isAccountableTo	United States Congress ⓘ
isInLineOfSuccessionTo	Presidency of the United States ⓘ
leads	United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ surface form: National Cemetery Administration United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ surface form: Veterans Benefits Administration United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ surface form: Veterans Health Administration
legalBasis	Title 38 of the United States Code ⓘ
lineOfSuccessionPosition	17 ⓘ
mayBe	civilian ⓘ military veteran ⓘ
memberOf	Cabinet of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Cabinet
nominatedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
officeCreated	1989 ⓘ
oversees	federal veterans benefits programs ⓘ veterans burial and memorial benefits ⓘ veterans disability compensation programs ⓘ veterans education benefits programs ⓘ veterans health care system ⓘ veterans home loan programs ⓘ
participatesIn	National Security Council meetings when relevant to veterans issues ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
precededByOffice	United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Administrator of Veterans Affairs
reportsTo	President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of GI Bill benefits ⓘ administration of survivors benefits ⓘ administration of veterans pensions ⓘ administration of vocational rehabilitation for veterans ⓘ implementation of veterans policy ⓘ management of VA hospitals and clinics ⓘ services for United States military veterans ⓘ services for families of United States military veterans ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style	Madam Secretary ⓘ Mister Secretary ⓘ
symbol	Seal of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
website	https://www.va.gov/opa/bios/secva.asp ⓘ
worksWith	Department of Defense ⓘ state veterans agencies ⓘ veterans service organizations ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Presidential Succession Act → definesSuccessionPosition → United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs ⓘ

United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs → precededByOffice → United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Administrator of Veterans Affairs

United States Department of Veterans Affairs → cabinetPositionTitle → United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs ⓘ

Madam Secretary → appliesToPosition → United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs ⓘ