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[CITE: 42USC268]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                    Part G--Quarantine and Inspection
 
Sec. 268. Quarantine duties of consular and other officers

    (a) Any consular or medical officer of the United States, designated 
for such purpose by the Secretary, shall make reports to the Surgeon 
General, on such forms and at such intervals as the Surgeon General may 
prescribe, of the health conditions at the port or place at which such 
officer is stationed.
    (b) It shall be the duty of the customs officers and of Coast Guard 
officers to aid in the enforcement of quarantine rules and regulations; 
but no additional compensation, except actual and necessary traveling 
expenses, shall be allowed any such officer by reason of such services.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 365, 58 Stat. 705; 1953 Reorg. 
Plan No. 1, Secs. 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 
3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 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. Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.
    Reference to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare substituted 
for reference to Federal Security Administrator pursuant to section 5 of 
Reorg. Plan No. 1, of 1953, set out as a note under section 3501 of this 
title, which transferred functions of Federal Security Administrator to 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal 
Security Agency to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Federal 
Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of 
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953. Secretary and Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary and Department of Health 
and Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is 
classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 270 of this title.
