Codification Section is based on that part of
section 301 of act July 31, 1956, relating to the General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture. That part of such
section 301 relating to the General Counsel of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human Services], is classified to
section 3504 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. 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 518a of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.