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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part B · Chapter 6A — Public Health Service

§ 238h. Biennial report

Statutory text

The Surgeon General shall transmit to the Secretary, for submission to the Congress, on , and on January 1, every 2 years thereafter, a full report of the administration of the functions of the Service under this chapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 78–373 · 58 Stat. 682

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 238h

    July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 239, formerly title V, § 511, 58 Stat. 711

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 239, formerly title V, § 511, 58 Stat. 711

  2. Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995

    Pub. L. 104–66 title I § 1062(a) · 109 Stat. 707

    Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 238h

    Pub. L. 104–66 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Surgeon General shall transmit to the Secretary, for submission to the Congress at the beginning of each regular session, a full report of the administration of the functions of the Service under this chapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–66 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Surgeon General shall transmit to the Secretary, for submission to the Congress at the beginning of each regular session, a full report of the administration of the functions of the Service under this chapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Report of the Surgeon General.— Section 239 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238h) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 239. “biannual report The Surgeon General shall transmit to the Secretary, for submission to the Congress, on January 1, 1995, and on January 1, every 2 years thereafter, a full report of the administration of the functions of the Service under this Act, including a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements.”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 300aaa–8 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103–43, to section 300cc–10 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 100–607, to section 300aa–10 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 99–660, and to section 229 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 98–24.

Amendments

1995—Pub. L. 104–66 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Surgeon General shall transmit to the Secretary, for submission to the Congress at the beginning of each regular session, a full report of the administration of the functions of the Service under this chapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which item 3 on page 101 identifies a reporting provision which, as subsequently amended, is contained in this section), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, and section 1(a)(4) [div. A, § 1402(1)] of Pub. L. 106–554, set out as notes under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

Agency Reporting Requirements; Report by Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to Congressional Committees Relating to Requirements, Termination, etc.

Pub. L. 93–641, § 7, , 88 Stat. 2275, provided that by , the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare report to specific committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the identity, due date, etc., of certain reports required under the Public Health Service Act, the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963, or the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. , 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. Office of Surgeon General reestablished within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, see Notice of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, , 52 F.R. 11754.

Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.

Credits

1944–1995 · 9 acts
  1. 1944July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 239, formerly title V, § 511, 58 Stat. 711
  2. 19531953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. , 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631
  3. 1983renumbered title XXI, § 2111, Pub. L. 98–24, § 2(a)(1), , 97 Stat. 176
  4. 1986renumbered title XXIII, § 2311, Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a), , 100 Stat. 3755
  5. 1988renumbered title XXV, § 2509, Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 201(1), (3), , 102 Stat. 3062, 3063
  6. 1988renumbered title XXVI, § 2609, Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2620(a), , 102 Stat. 4244
  7. 1990renumbered title XXVII, § 2709, Pub. L. 101–381, title I, § 101(1), (2), , 104 Stat. 576
  8. 1993renumbered title II, § 239, Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2010(a)(1)–(3), , 107 Stat. 213
  9. 1995Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1062(a), , 109 Stat. 720.
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(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 239, formerly title V, § 511, 58 Stat. 711; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. , 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; renumbered title XXI, § 2111, Pub. L. 98–24, § 2(a)(1), , 97 Stat. 176; renumbered title XXIII, § 2311, Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a), , 100 Stat. 3755; renumbered title XXV, § 2509, Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 201(1), (3), , 102 Stat. 3062, 3063; renumbered title XXVI, § 2609, Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2620(a), , 102 Stat. 4244; renumbered title XXVII, § 2709, Pub. L. 101–381, title I, § 101(1), (2), , 104 Stat. 576; renumbered title II, § 239, Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2010(a)(1)–(3), , 107 Stat. 213; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1062(a), , 109 Stat. 720.)

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