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[CITE: 42USC3504]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 43--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3504. General Counsel; appointment

    (a) The President shall appoint on and after July 31, 1956, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, a General Counsel of the 
Department of Health and Human Services.
    (b) The existing office of General Counsel of the Department of 
Health and Human Services shall be abolished effective upon the 
appointment and qualification of the General Counsel provided for by 
subsection (a) of this section or April 1, 1957, whichever is earlier.

(July 31, 1956, ch. 804, title III, Sec. 301, 70 Stat. 742; Pub. L. 96-
88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

                          Codification

    Section is based on that part of section 301 of act July 31, 1956, 
relating to the General Counsel of the Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare [now Health and Human Services]. That part of such section 
301 relating to the General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, is 
classified to section 2214 of Title 7, Agriculture. That part of such 
section 301 relating to the General Counsel of the Post Office 
Department was enacted as section 307 of Title 39 by Pub. L. 86-682, 
Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 580. Such provisions were eliminated from Title 
39 by the Postal Reorganization Act, Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 
Stat. 719.
    Section was formerly classified to section 623c 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, Sec. 1, Sept. 1, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

                         Change of Name

    ``Department of Health and Human Services'' substituted in text for 
``Department 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.


                            Cross References

    Compensation of General Counsel, see section 5315 of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.
