section 1591b of this titleProvidedNotwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, all functions, powers, and duties under this subchapter and with respect to health, refuse disposal, sewage treatment, and water purification shall be exercised by and vested in the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service: , That the Surgeon General shall have power to delegate to any other Federal agency functions, powers, and duties with respect to construction.
Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 37865 Stat. 310(, title III, § 316, .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88section 3508(b) of Title 20“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
80 Stat. 1610section 202 of this titleOffice of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. , 31 F.R. 8855, , and functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan. No. 3, set out as a note under . 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.