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{{Short description|Primary unit of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States}} | {{Short description|Primary unit of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States}} | ||
{{Redirect|Executive Department|text=For the idea of executive departments in general, see [[Cabinet (government)]].}} | {{Redirect|Executive Department|text=For the idea of executive departments in general, see [[Cabinet (government)]].}} | ||
The '''United States federal executive departments''' are the principal units of the [[Federal government of the United States#Executive branch|executive branch]] of the [[federal government of the United States]]. They are analogous to [[ministry (government department)|ministries]] common in [[parliamentary system|parliamentary]] or [[semi-presidential republic|semi-presidential]] systems but (the United States being a [[presidential system]]) they are led by a [[head of government]] who is also the [[head of state]]. The executive departments are the administrative arms of the [[president of the United States]]. There are currently 15 executive departments. | The '''United States federal executive departments''' are the principal units of the [[Federal government of the United States#Executive branch|executive branch]] of the [[federal government of the United States]]. They are analogous to [[ministry (government department)|ministries]] common in [[parliamentary system|parliamentary]] or [[semi-presidential republic|semi-presidential]] systems but (the United States being a [[presidential system]]) they are led by a [[head of government]] who is also the [[head of state]]. The executive departments are the administrative arms of the [[president of the United States]]. There are currently 15 executive departments. | ||
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| data-sort-value=58100000000 | $58.1 billion<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressional Budget Justification - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. FISCAL YEAR 2024 |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FY-2024-CBJ-FINAL_4.26.2023.pdf}}</ref><br/>{{small|(2023)}} | | data-sort-value=58100000000 | $58.1 billion<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressional Budget Justification - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. FISCAL YEAR 2024 |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FY-2024-CBJ-FINAL_4.26.2023.pdf}}</ref><br/>{{small|(2023)}} | ||
| [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] | | [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] | ||
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* Department of Conservation (renamed [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]]), proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1937<ref name="Roosevelt"/> | * Department of Conservation (renamed [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]]), proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1937<ref name="Roosevelt"/> | ||
* Department of Urban Affairs and Housing, proposed by President [[John F. Kennedy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8699|title=23 - Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 1 of 1962|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara - The American Presidency Project|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002721/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8699|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | * Department of Urban Affairs and Housing, proposed by President [[John F. Kennedy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8699|title=23 - Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 1 of 1962|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara - The American Presidency Project|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002721/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8699|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
* Department of Business and Labor, proposed by President | * Department of Business and Labor, proposed by President Lyndon B. Johnson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=28141|title=121 - Special Message to the Congress: The Quality of American Government|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara - The American Presidency Project|quote=In my State of the Union Address, and later in my Budget and Economic Messages to the Congress, I proposed the creation of a new Department of Business and Labor.|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002341/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=28141|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
* Department of Community Development, proposed by President Richard Nixon; to be chiefly concerned with rural infrastructure development<ref name="Nixon"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=3608|title=33 - Special Message to the Congress on Rural Development|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara - The American Presidency Project|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002722/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=3608|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | * Department of Community Development, proposed by President Richard Nixon; to be chiefly concerned with rural infrastructure development<ref name="Nixon"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=3608|title=33 - Special Message to the Congress on Rural Development|work=The University of California, Santa Barbara - The American Presidency Project|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002722/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=3608|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
* Department of Human Resources, proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a revised Department of Health, Education, and Welfare<ref name="Nixon"/> | * Department of Human Resources, proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a revised Department of Health, Education, and Welfare<ref name="Nixon"/> | ||
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* Department of Art, proposed by [[Quincy Jones]]<ref>{{Cite magazine| author = Clarke, John Jr.| title = Quincy Jones Lobbies Obama for Secretary of Culture Post| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]| date = January 16, 2009| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/15765/90864| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120908204104/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/15765/90864| url-status = dead| archive-date = September 8, 2012| access-date = August 19, 2010}}</ref> | * Department of Art, proposed by [[Quincy Jones]]<ref>{{Cite magazine| author = Clarke, John Jr.| title = Quincy Jones Lobbies Obama for Secretary of Culture Post| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]| date = January 16, 2009| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/15765/90864| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120908204104/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/15765/90864| url-status = dead| archive-date = September 8, 2012| access-date = August 19, 2010}}</ref> | ||
* Department of Business, proposed by President [[Barack Obama]] as a consolidation of the U.S. Department of Commerce's core business and trade functions, the [[Small Business Administration]], the [[Office of the United States Trade Representative|Office of the U.S. Trade Representative]], the [[Export–Import Bank of the United States|Export-Import Bank]], the [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]], and the [[United States Trade and Development Agency|U.S. Trade and Development Agency]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/13/president-obama-announces-proposal-reform-reorganize-and-consolidate-gov|title=President Obama Announces proposal to reform, reorganize and consolidate Government|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080315/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/13/president-obama-announces-proposal-reform-reorganize-and-consolidate-gov|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=live|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/29/obama-suggests-secretary-of-business-in-a-second-term/|work=The Wall Street Journal|author-first1=Carol E.|author-last1=Lee|date=29 October 2012|title=Obama Suggests 'Secretary of Business' in a 2nd Term - Washington Wire - WSJ|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301053228/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/29/obama-suggests-secretary-of-business-in-a-second-term/|archive-date=March 1, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | * Department of Business, proposed by President [[Barack Obama]] as a consolidation of the U.S. Department of Commerce's core business and trade functions, the [[Small Business Administration]], the [[Office of the United States Trade Representative|Office of the U.S. Trade Representative]], the [[Export–Import Bank of the United States|Export-Import Bank]], the [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]], and the [[United States Trade and Development Agency|U.S. Trade and Development Agency]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/13/president-obama-announces-proposal-reform-reorganize-and-consolidate-gov|title=President Obama Announces proposal to reform, reorganize and consolidate Government|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080315/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/13/president-obama-announces-proposal-reform-reorganize-and-consolidate-gov|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=live|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/29/obama-suggests-secretary-of-business-in-a-second-term/|work=The Wall Street Journal|author-first1=Carol E.|author-last1=Lee|date=29 October 2012|title=Obama Suggests 'Secretary of Business' in a 2nd Term - Washington Wire - WSJ|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301053228/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/29/obama-suggests-secretary-of-business-in-a-second-term/|archive-date=March 1, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | ||
* Department of Commerce and the Workforce, a merger of the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor proposed in 2011 and 2013 by Senator [[Richard Burr]] ( | * Department of Commerce and the Workforce, a merger of the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor proposed in 2011 and 2013 by Senator [[Richard Burr]] (R-[[North Carolina|NC]]) in {{USBill|112|S|1116}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.burr.senate.gov/press/releases/burr-cuts-wasteful-spending-improves-efficiency-by-combining-dept-of-labor-and-commerce|title=Burr Cuts Wasteful Spending, Improves Efficiency by Combining Dept. of Labor and Commerce {{!}} U.S. Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina|website=www.burr.senate.gov|date=17 December 2013|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-date=2019-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712151506/https://www.burr.senate.gov/press/releases/burr-cuts-wasteful-spending-improves-efficiency-by-combining-dept-of-labor-and-commerce|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1116/actions_votes|title=S.1116: Actions & Votes|access-date=November 10, 2011}}</ref> | ||
* Department of Education and the Workforce, proposed by President [[Donald Trump]] as a consolidation of the Departments of Education and Labor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/06/21/622189097/white-house-proposes-merging-education-and-labor-departments|title=White House Proposes Merging Education And Labor Departments|work=NPR.org|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621234348/https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/06/21/622189097/white-house-proposes-merging-education-and-labor-departments|archive-date=June 21, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | * Department of Education and the Workforce, proposed by President [[Donald Trump]] as a consolidation of the Departments of Education and Labor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/06/21/622189097/white-house-proposes-merging-education-and-labor-departments|title=White House Proposes Merging Education And Labor Departments|work=NPR.org|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621234348/https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/06/21/622189097/white-house-proposes-merging-education-and-labor-departments|archive-date=June 21, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | ||
* Department of Health and Public Welfare, proposed by President Donald Trump as a renamed Department of Health and Human Services<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf|title=Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century {{!}} Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations|date=2018|website=[[whitehouse.gov]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412132813/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf|archive-date=April 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> | * Department of Health and Public Welfare, proposed by President Donald Trump as a renamed Department of Health and Human Services<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf|title=Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century {{!}} Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations|date=2018|website=[[whitehouse.gov]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412132813/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf|archive-date=April 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||