Redesignation of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
The 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.
Reference to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health, Education, and Welfare deemed reference to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health and Human Services
Any 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 , 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, § 50993 Stat. 695Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b)116 Stat. 1304Pub. L. 108–178, § 2(b)(2)117 Stat. 2640(, , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 601 of Pub. L. 96–88section 3401 of this titleIn subsec. (b), “” substituted for “the effective date of this chapter” pursuant to , set out as an Effective Date note under .
Amendments
Pub. L. 108–178Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b)2003—Subsec. (b). amended . See 2002 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b)Pub. L. 108–178Pub. L. 108–178Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b)2002—Subsec. (b). , which had repealed subsec. (b) of this section, was itself repealed by insofar as it related to subsec. (b) of this section, and further provided that subsec. (b) of this section was revived to read as if , had not been enacted.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2003 Amendment
Pub. L. 108–178section 5 of Pub. L. 108–178section 5334 of Title 5Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.