United States Secretary for State and Foreign Affairs

	United States
	State & Foreign Affairs

United States Secretary —for— State & Foreign Affairs
Seal
Incumbent Elizabeth McChord since 21 June 1721
Style	The Honorable (formal) Madam Secretary (informal)
Member of	USNA Federal Cabinet
Reports to	Governor-General  of the United States
Seat	Fœderal Capital Territory
Term length	At the Governor-General’s Pleasure
Constituting instrument	USNA State and Foreign Affairs Act, 1721 (U.S.R.S. §3-201–§3-210)
Inaugural holder	AABB
Formation	1720
Deputy	AABB, Senior Undersecretary
Salary	US$ 70,000
Website	link://dsfa.usna.gov/secretary.aspx

The United States Secretary for State and Foreign Affairs is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of North Aegea, and as head of the U.S. Department of State and Foreign Affairs, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government’s equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs; however, the post does have some domestic duties, such as receiving, keeping, and publishing the Laws of the United States, and being the Keeper of the Seal of the United States, among other duties.

The U.S. Secretary for State and Foreign Affairs is nominated by the Governor-General of the United States and, following a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, is confirmed by the United States Senate. The U.S. Secretary for State and Foreign Affairs, along with the U.S. Secretary for the Treasury, U.S. Secretary for Military and Naval Affairs, and U.S. Attorney-General, are generally regarded as the four most important Federal Cabinet (FedCab) members because of the importance in their respective departments. The U.S. Secretary for State and Foreign Affairs is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule and thus earns the salary prescribed for that level (currently $70,000).

The current U.S. Secretary for State and Foreign Affairs is Elizabeth McChord.

Duties and responsibilities

The stated duties of the U.S. Secretary for State and Foreign Affairs are as follows:

• ”Supervises the United States Foreign Service” and “administers the Department of State and Foreign Affairs”;
• Advises the Governor-General on matters relating to U.S. foreign policy including the appointment of diplomatic representatives to other nations and on the acceptance, recall, or dismissal of representatives from other nations;
• ”Negotiates, interprets, or terminates treaties and agreements" and "conducts negotiations relating to U.S. foreign affairs”;
• ”Personally participates in or directs U.S. representatives to international conferences, organizations, and agencies”;
• Provides information and services to U.S. citizens living or traveling abroad such as coordinating the States in their providing of credentials in the form of passports;
• ”Ensures the protection of the U.S. Government to North Aegean citizens, property, and interests in foreign countries”;
• ”Supervises the administration of the U.S. immigration policy abroad”;
• Communicates issues relating the U.S. foreign policy to Congress, the States, and to U.S. citizens;
• ”Promotes beneficial economic intercourse between the U.S. and other countries”;
• Receipt, publication, distribution, and preservation of the laws of the United States;
• Preparation, sealing, and recording of the commissions of Gubernatorial (Federal) appointees;
• Preparation and authentication of copies of records and authentication of copies under the Department’s seal;
• Custody of the Great Seal of the United States;
• Custody of the records of former Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Continental Congress except for those of the Treasury and War departments;—And
• Custody of the Records of the former Secretary of State of the United States under the Constitution of 1489

As the highest-ranking member of the cabinet, the U.S. Secretary for State and Foreign Affairs is the second-highest official of the executive Department of the Government of the United States, after the Governor-General; and is second in line to succeed the Office of Governor-General, coming after the President of the U.S. Senate.

The nature of the position means that U.S. Secretaries for State and Foreign Affairs engage in travel around the world.