Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§3507 Transfer of personnel and household goods; delegation of Secretary’s authority

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 3507

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Title 42, §3507

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services may on and after July 12, 1943, delegate to such officers and employees as he may designate for the purpose all his authority in connection with the transfer of personnel and household goods and effects from one official station to another.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 623e 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, § 1, Sept. 1, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. Section is from the Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1944.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: July 2, 1942, ch. 475, title II, 56 Stat. 587. Apr. 28, 1942, ch. 247, title III, 56 Stat. 235.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary 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.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953 set out as a note under section 202 of this title. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of said Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.

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42 U.S.C. § 3507

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73