The proposed reorganization would bring cabinet-level status for the S.B.A. but also concerns that the agency's authority would be diluted.

All departments are listed by their present-day name and only departments with past or present cabinet-level status are listed.

The position had cabinet-level status from 1993 to 2009.

The position was raised to cabinet-level status by Bill Clinton in 1993.

In 1949, an amendment to the National Security Act further consolidated the national defense structure by withdrawing cabinet-level status from the three Service secretaries.

The elevation of VA to cabinet-level status in 1989 spurred the department to make internal management improvements.

He was the third African American to reach cabinet-level status in New Jersey.

In the short-range category, Mr. Halpin pledged to elevate the county's Division of Economic Development to cabinet-level status.

In 1953, the Federal Security Agency was upgraded to cabinet-level status as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Two years ago Puerto Rico elevated the tourism agency to cabinet-level status, giving its executive director, Luis G. Fortuno, authority to cut red tape.