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
Sec. of Transportation	1
USDOT Secretary	1
United States Acting Secretary of Transportation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21261 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Secretary of Transportation
Context triple: [Presidential Succession Act, definesSuccessionPosition, United States Secretary of Transportation]

A. United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
B. Secretary of Commerce of the United States
The Secretary of Commerce of the United States is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Commerce and oversees federal policies related to economic growth, trade, and business development.
C. United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
D. United States Deputy Attorney General
The United States Deputy Attorney General is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the Attorney General’s principal deputy.
E. United States National Security Advisor
The United States National Security Advisor is a senior official in the Executive Office of the President who coordinates national security and foreign policy strategy and advises the president on related matters.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Secretary of Transportation
Target entity description: 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.

A. United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
B. Secretary of Commerce of the United States
The Secretary of Commerce of the United States is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Commerce and oversees federal policies related to economic growth, trade, and business development.
C. United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
D. United States Deputy Attorney General
The United States Deputy Attorney General is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the Attorney General’s principal deputy.
E. United States National Security Advisor
The United States National Security Advisor is a senior official in the Executive Office of the President who coordinates national security and foreign policy strategy and advises the president on related matters.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

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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 ⓘ

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