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20 U.S.C. § 3508
Department of Health and Human Services
(a) Redesignation of Department of Health, Education, and WelfareThe Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby redesignated the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or any other official of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby redesignated the Secretary or official, as appropriate, of Health and Human Services.
(b) Reference to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health, Education, and Welfare deemed reference to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health and Human ServicesAny reference to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, or any other official of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on May 4, 1980, shall be deemed to refer and apply to the Department of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, respectively, except to the extent such reference is to a function or office transferred to the Secretary or the Department under this chapter.
(Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304; Pub. L. 108–178, § 2(b)(2), Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2640.)Editorial NotesCodificationIn subsec. (b), “May 4, 1980” substituted for “the effective date of this chapter” pursuant to section 601 of Pub. L. 96–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3401 of this title.
Amendments2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–178 amended Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b). See 2002 Amendment note below.
2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), which had repealed subsec. (b) of this section, was itself repealed by Pub. L. 108–178 insofar as it related to subsec. (b) of this section, and Pub. L. 108–178 further provided that subsec. (b) of this section was revived to read as if Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), had not been enacted.
Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date of 2003 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 108–178 effective Aug. 21, 2002, see section 5 of Pub. L. 108–178, set out as a note under section 5334 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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6 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case:
Tiger Lily, LLC v. HUD, 992 F.3d 518 (6th Cir. 2021).
Tiger Lily, LLC v. HUD, 992 F.3d 518 (6th Cir. 2021).
“8855 ; 20 U.S.C. § 3508 . The Secretary retained those powers even after the Office of the Surgeon General was reinstated in 1987.”
Michael T. Albright v. United States of Am., 631 F.2d 915 (D.C. Cir. 1980).
“The Department of Health, Education and Welfare has been redesignated as the Department of Health and Human Services, 20 U.S. C.A. § 3508 (Supp.1980). 2 . Federal employees are permitted to organize and file unfair labor practice charges under Exec.”
State of Oklahoma v. Richard S. Schweiker, 655 F.2d 401 (D.C. Cir. 1981).
“That Department has been redesignated the Department of Health & Human Services, see 20 U.S.C. § 3508 (Supp. Ill 1979), but will be referred to here by its former title, which was in effect when appellants filed their complaint.”
Marcello v. Regan, 574 F. Supp. 586 (D.R.I. 1983).
“20 U.S.C. § 3508 . Therefore, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, now the Secretary of Health and Human Services, will be referred to herein simply as "HHS.”
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