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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 43 — Department of Health and Human Services

§ 3501a. Additional Assistant Secretaries

Statutory text

There shall be in the Department of Health and Human Services, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided for by law, three additional Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human Services, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The provisions of section 2 of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1953 (67 Stat. 631) shall be applicable to such additional Assistant Secretaries to the same extent as they are applicable to the Assistant Secretaries authorized by that section.

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. Health Research Facilities Amendments of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–115 § 4(a) · 79 Stat. 448

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3501a

    Pub. L. 89–115, § 4(a), Aug. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 449

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–115, § 4(a), Aug. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 449

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) There shall be in the Department of Health, Education, Appointment by President. and Welfare, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided for by law, three additional Assistant Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The provisions of section 2 of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1953 (67 Stat. 631) shall 5 USC 133–15 note. be applicable to such additional Assistant Secretaries to the same extent as they are applicable to the Assistant Secretaries authorized by that section.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1953, referred to in text, is set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 623h of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, , 80 Stat. 378.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

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

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs

Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(e)(1), , 126 Stat. 1284, provided that: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the appointment of an individual to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs within the Department of Health and Human Services shall not be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.”

Credits

1965–1979 · 2 acts
  1. 1965Pub. L. 89–115, § 4(a), , 79 Stat. 449
  2. 1979Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), , 93 Stat. 695.
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(Pub. L. 89–115, § 4(a), , 79 Stat. 449; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), , 93 Stat. 695.)

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